The Scottish FA plan to meet Sir Alex Ferguson this week to see if he would like a major role in the future of the national team.
The 59-year-old Scot, who coached the national team for a brief period after the death of Jock Stein in 1985, has already ruled out taking over from manager Craig Brown, who quit earlier this month after failing to reach the World Cup finals.
But the SFA are keen to seek Ferguson's input as they look to rebuild for the 2004 European Championships.
"We are not going there to offer him the Scotland job as he has stated quite clearly that he is not interested," SFA chief executive David Taylor told the Mirror.
"But we will have a wide-ranging football discussion and we are obviously interested in what he is going to be doing in later life.
"It's not a question of us going there to specifically offer him a job. We will be speaking about a whole number of things connected with Scottish football."
Taylor said: "We are interested in his views, specifically on the manager's job, but he may have other things that he wants to talk to us about, so it's an open agenda".
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