SFA delay Berti chop

BERTI VOGTS was handed a stay of execution this morning when the Scottish Football Association insisted there would be no immediate decision on his future.

A meeting of the 11 SFA board members was expected to take place at Hampden today with the position of the Scotland manager the top item on the agenda.

The SFA’s hierarchy - including chief executive David Taylor, president John McBeth and his three vice-presidents - held an initial meeting on Friday following Scotland’s disastrous start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.

The most recent result, the 1-1 draw in Moldova, left the Scots with just two points from their opening three matches and looked certain to be the game to end Vogts’ two-and-a-half year reign.

However, any decision on the German‘s future now appears to be put on hold for the time being at least.

An SFA spokesman said: "There will be no meeting of the SFA board today and no statement on the position of Berti Vogts.

"We have said all along that there will be a series of meetings held to discuss the overall situation.

"The performance of Scotland in the World Cup qualifying campaign is currently under review.

"There will be a further statement in due course."

Reports have suggested any delay in a decision over the future of Vogts could be a result of issues over compensation and that the SFA have yet to thrash out a severance package with Vogts and his Swiss lawyer Andi Gross.

But the SFA refused to confirm that a compensation wrangle was behind the hold-up in announcing Vogts’ departure.

The spokesman added: "There has been considerable speculation but I cannot comment on that."