Vogts move at 'delicate' stage

The Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor has admitted his impending negotiations with his Kuwaiti counterparts over the release of manager Berti Vogts are at a delicate stage.

Scotland have been searching for a successor to Craig Brown since early October and it has long been known that the German is their No1 choice.

But Vogts remains contracted to Kuwait until the end of August and Taylor must now fly to the Middle East to try to broker a compensation agreement that will trigger an immediate release.