Former Scotland captain Scott Brown says he is “devastated” by the departure of head coach Steve Clarke.
The 62-year-old chose to resign after failing to progress beyond the World Cup group stage.
Having taken on the job in 2019, Clarke took Scotland to the 2020 and 2024 Euros as well as ending a 28-year wait for a World Cup return.
“I’m devastated, because I think if you look in the history books of Scotland, nobody’s made two Euros and a World Cup as a manager, whether they like your style or they don’t,” Brown told BBC Scotland.
“I feel for Steve because he’s done something that the country’s never done. We didn’t get out of the group stages, we’ve never been out of the group stages before. We’ve only won five World Cup games ever. So take everything that Steve’s done as unbelievable, and the criticism that he gets, it’s not nice for him.
“I did love the Tartan Army in America. It shows you we need to be at tournaments, but you’ve got to earn the right to get there.
“I never had the opportunity to play at a Euros or a World Cup, so for that group of players it’s been an unbelievable achievement.”
Former Kenya and Uganda head coach Bobby Williamson said this week that he had lined up Brown, along with Ally McCoist and Kevin Thomson, as his assistants in a bid to be Scotland’s new head coach.
“You see my name in the betting lists for everything these days,” said Brown, who left the Ayr United manager’s post in March.
“I’m all right now. I’m quite enjoying doing the telly, I’m quite enjoying being free at this moment in time.”
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