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Former Monaco head coach Sebastien Pocognoli has emerged as the likely to successor to Steve Clarke and his appointment could be confirmed this week.<\/p>\n
The Scottish FA is pursuing the 39-year-old Belgian, who left Monaco at the end of last season. In 2024-45 he led Union Saint-Gilloise to the Belgian league title, its first for 90 years.<\/p>\n
He is now among the candidates spoken to by Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell and chief football officer Craig Mulholland.<\/p>\n
Clarke ended his seven-year tenure after Scotland failed to make progress from the initial stages of the World Cup. <\/p>\n
A replacement is thought to be imminent, with a four-game group of fixtures in the Nations Cup starting in Slovenia on 26 September. The first game at Hampden will be against Switzerland three days later.<\/p>\n
Pocognoli\u2019s playing career, included spells with West Bromwich Albion and Brighton & Hove Albion, and he earned 13 caps for Belgium.<\/p>\n
He would become the second foreign coach of the Scotland men\u2019s team, after German Berti Vogts. Jon Dahl Tomasson and Kasper Hjulmand have also been linked with the position.<\/p>\n
It is thought Steven Naismith, who served as one of his assistants,\u00a0will stay on.<\/p>\n
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