George Burley's agent Athole Still has revealed his client is excited at the prospect of taking charge of his country.Burley's appointment as Scotland manager is set to be rubber-stamped on Thursday.

Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has secured terms for Burley's release from Southampton.

The SFA agreed to pay the Championship club an undisclosed compensation sum for a man Smith revealed "ticked all the boxes" as a candidate.

And Still insisted he could see no reason for personal terms being a stumbling block.

Scottish agent Still sees no other problems on the horizon.

"Quite honestly I don't think so," Still told Sky Sports News.

"There's still one or two things to be ironed out in his contract but nothing that I see as being a deal-breaker.

"He's excited at the opportunity to take over his national team and I hope that the final t's can be crossed and i's can be dotted pretty smartly in the next 24 hours."

Smith believes the deal can be wrapped up quickly.

"We do hope so," he said. "We would like that to happen and for everything to go smoothly. I don't see why not. We are hoping everything will be tied up tomorrow.

"George ticked all the boxes."

Burley was surprisingly chosen above fellow shortlisted candidates Tommy Burns, Mark McGhee and Graeme Souness. His rivals for the job had been strongly touted for the job, with Burley the dark horse until this week's developments.

"Personally, I would have been comfortable with all four of the candidates," said Smith.

"They all had the assets we were looking for and that was a big factor.

"George came out on top because of certain aspects. I'm sure that the Tartan Army will be behind him and see that we get off to a good start and continue the success we have had."

Talks with Still should continue tomorrow morning, with Friday now the most likely day for Burley to take his bow as Scotland boss at a Hampden Park press conference.

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