Burley is named new Scotland boss
Burley has never managed at international level before
The Scottish FA is holding a news conference at Hampden Park to confirm George Burley as the new Scotland manager.
Compensation has been agreed with the 51-year-old's club Southampton and he is being paraded at Hampden.
The news conference is being streamed live on the BBC Sport website.
Former Ipswich, Derby and Hearts boss Burley was on a four-man shortlist that also included Mark McGhee, Graeme Souness and Tommy Burns.
"Personally, I'd have been comfortable with all four of the candidates," said SFA chief executive Gordon 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 the Tartan Army will be behind him and see we get off to a good start and continue the success we have had."
Burley will succeed Alex McLeish, who quit to take charge of Premier League side Birmingham at the end of November.
Burley's agent Athole Still said: "He's a football guy and by that I mean he likes his teams to play football.
"Now when he gets his squad together, I'm quite sure you will find that he'll get the very best out of the players in the Scottish squad." Burley was interviewed for the post last week after Southampton reluctantly agreed to the SFA's request to speak to their manager.
Saints chairman Leon Crouch said: "George has done a terrific job here and we are all very sad to see him go.
"We would not have allowed him to talk to anyone other than Scotland and I don't think he would have left us for anyone else.
GEORGE BURLEY FACTFILE
1956: Born in Cumnock, Ayrshire, on 3 June
1973: Makes debut for Ipswich, going on to play for Sunderland, Gillingham, Motherwell, Ayr, Falkirk and Colchester
1979: A defender, he wins the first of 11 Scotland caps
1991: Becomes player-manager at Ayr Utd, eventually leaving in 1994 to take over at Colchester
1994: Becomes manager at Ipswich, winning promotion to Premiership and leading the club into Uefa Cup in 2001
2003: Takes over as interim manager of Derby when John Gregory is suspended, eventually becoming boss in his own right
2005: Appointed manager of Hearts by new owner Vladimir Romanov, Burley leaves after just four months
2005: Named Southampton boss
"I know he was very happy here and we were glad to have him. He is an experienced manager who commands respect.
"But it is a huge honour for anyone to take charge of their national side and we could not stand in his way."
Born in Cumnock, Burley has vast experience in club management, having coached Ayr, Colchester, Ipswich, Hearts and Derby.
He led Ipswich to a fifth-place finish in the Premier League in 2001, securing a Uefa Cup place in the process.
At Hearts, he briefly threatened to make the Edinburgh side serious challengers to the Old Firm but departed after a superb start to the 2005-06 season because of off-field matters.
He also played for Ipswich and won 11 caps for Scotland as a defender from 1979 to 1982.
"At times, I was given the impression I was very, very close."
Scotland have not qualified for a major tournament since reaching the 1998 World Cup.
Under McLeish, they just failed to reach the finals of the 2008 European Championships, finishing third in their group behind world champions Italy and France.
McLeish was in charge for just 10 months, succeeding Walter Smith, who resigned to take charge of Rangers.
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