Former Germany coach Berti Vogts is set for talks with the Scottish Football Association with a view to succeeding Craig Brown as national coach.
The 55-year-old has expressed his interest in taking over from Brown, who stepped down in October last year.
"My manager spoke to the Scottish federation, but I have to prepare the Kuwaiti team for the Gulf Cup," Vogts told Scotland Today.
"At the end of January I will be ready to speak to the Scottish federation or maybe the SFA will come to see my manager in Switzerland or he will go to Scotland.
"I need to wait to hear from the Scottish federation.
"I am the manager of Kuwait, I was the manager in Germany and I am very interested in the job in Scotland."
Vogts is a close friend of German legend Franz Beckenbauer and won the World Cup with him in 1974.
But the former Borussia Monchengladbach defender could not re-produce the Kaiser's results at international level.
Vogts stepped up to replace Beckenbauer as national coach after the World Cup win in Italia 90.
But he could do nothing to prevent Denmark winning the European Championship in 1992 and then missed out at the quarter-final stages of the World Cup in USA with defeat against Bulgaria.
Germany captured Euro 96 but could not perform at the 1998 World Cup and were beaten by a far superior Croatia team in the last eight.
Enough was enough for Vogts and Germany, and he returned to club management and took Bayer Leverkusen to fourth in the Bundesliga before his sacking in May 2001.
Vogts took over the Kuwait national team on a one-year contract and, once the Gulf Cup is over, could be free to lead Scotland. -PA