Clarke contract 'will get sorted' - Naismith
Steve Clarke's "brilliant relationship" with the Scottish FA gives assistant Steven Naismith belief that the head coach's contract situation "will get sorted". Clarke's current deal ends after this summer's World Cup finals in the Americas. But Naismith suggests both the 62-year-old and the governing body are "very relaxed" about his future.
"It's been a relationship that's been around for so long," the former Scotland forward said. "Everybody's comfortable with it. "There'll be times that things move on.
That is where it is. But, at the moment, we should just enjoy what we have. We're going to the World Cup and I think no doubt things will get sorted.
"I think it will be sorted out one way or another. It's very relaxed, because they've been in a relationship for six years, seven years, whatever that is. "At every point, I think, when the manager's tried to improve things, the SFA have gone with them and vice versa.
So there is a relationship, it's a brilliant relationship. " Meanwhile, Naismith says Clarke's "burning desire" is to be the first Scotland boss to progress his side beyond the group stage at a major finals. "That's not just blind hope," he suggested.