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Former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan named manager of Scotland national team

Image: Gordon Strachan: New Scotland boss

Gordon Strachan has been named as the new manager of Scotland's national team.

Scotland have not qualified for the finals of a major tournament since reaching the 1998 World Cup in France. "To progress with the squad. I really want the squad and the staff to give something back to the country and the fans who support us because the fans are probably more famous than the squad now," Strachan added. "So what we want to try and do is to give back something and make them turn up for a major finals competition." Scotland have picked up just two points in their bid to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, but Strachan rejected the suggestion that a top-two spot is out of his players' reach. "If we work together as a group and a set of fans I know for a fact we'll be successful," he added. "I can't ask for anything more than we're doing at the moment. "We're going to use the games to try and win. My philosophy is to win games of football, like Manchester United. "We still have to collect as many points as we can and it's disrespectful to say we'll use the games just to improve. We'll give it a go. "What I know is that these guys, for all they might get criticised, are the best at what they do. They play for Scotland and we have to find a system that suits these players to win games of football."

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