MARK McGhee last night insisted he has no idea what Gordon Strachan’s plans for the future are ahead of Scotland’s final Euro 2016 qualifiers against Poland and Gibraltar.

Strachan’s current contract with the national team expires after the vital double header and he has refused to discuss his personal situation publicly.

Alan McRae, the SFA president, and Stewart Regan, the governing body’s chief executive, have both stated he can remain in the position if he wants to.

But McGhee, Strachan’s assistant and close friend, revealed he had not spoken to the 58-year-old about whether he will be in charge for Scotland’s 2018 Wolrd Cup campaign.

Asked if he knew what Strachan would do, he said: “No idea. Seriously, I’ve no idea. We’ve not had that discussion, it’s not relevant to this (the Poland game).

“We are not thinking about anything other than what their XI might be and what our XI might be and the best way to go about beating them.

“I don’t think Gordon will give it any more thought than I have. But Gordon is doing this job because he wants to do the job, not particularly because he has to do the job.

“He is doing the job because he loves doing this job and therefore he will keep doing until something changes, either in him or somebody else.”

McGhee has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Motherwell, where he was in charge between 2007 and 2009, but stressed he had not been contacted about taking over at the Fir Park club.

“There is nothing in it,” he said. “Lots of people have been very complimentary around it. People with Motherwell’s interest who say they think it will be a great idea. That is as far as it goes.

“I have total respect for them. They know me, they know my phone number and if they needed or wanted any help then they only need to pick up the phone. They know where I am.”

McGhee revealed he would not take any full-time job which prevented him from serving as Strachan’s assistant with Scotland.

“I will not do any other job which will compromise my ability to do this job,” he said. “So if the only job I can do at the moment is this job then that is the job I will be doing.

“If something else came along that allowed me to continue to do this then I would consider it. I’m not finished by any means in full-time management I hope. But I will not do it at the expense of this job.”