The Scottish Football Association could scrap a November friendly against Argentina after receiving a "negative" response to their plans to fly the South Americans in.
SFA chief executive Gordon Smith appealed this week for fans to air their views on whether they would be prepared to pay inflated ticket prices to see the Argentinians take on Scotland at Hampden.
But Smith was surprised to find so many supporters come out against the provisional fixture, and he admits people power could force the SFA to call off the game.
Smith told the Daily Record: "I have to say I'm disappointed by their reaction so far and it's beginning to look negative as far as the game is concerned."
He will hold off making a decision on the match until next week, by which stage the SFA believe they will have a clear picture of supporters' views.
It is believed the SFA would have to spend around £1million to bring Argentina to Scotland, and that would mean ticket prices being increased.
The friendly international would still need to draw a large crowd for the SFA to avoid making a loss.
Smith said: "I want to see our national team playing a country like Argentina. But if the public are hostile to ticket pricing and the game is going to result in financial loss then we have to ask ourselves if it's worthwhile taking it on."
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Ofcourse we should bring Argentina to Scotland ! Ofcourse I would pay £40 to see such world class football in Hampden ! The fact is that if we bring in the world's best teams to play friendlies then the better our team will become through experience . You can only learn so much against teams like Norway and Lithuania and so on. It is also necessary for us as a nation to hold such games and make a name for ourselves as it could,in the long run, help bring the likes of the Euro's to Scotland.
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