Celtic boss Neil Lennon believes the next Scotland manager should be Scottish as he ruled himself out the running.

The Scottish FA is on the hunt for a new national team boss after Alex McLeish departed on Thursday.

Asked if international management was something that would interest him, the Northern Irishman said: "No. I like the day-to-day stuff.

"The Scotland job should be - whether you think this is antiquated or not - (for) a Scotland man and there is plenty of good candidates in line for the job.

"The decision to remove Alex was premature and seemed to be based on one result (3-0 defeat in Kazakhstan) which is scandalous from my point of view.

"There are a lot of good candidates out there and it is a prime job still."

Lennon said his future at Celtic is unlikely to be decided until the Premiership title is wrapped up - which could happen this weekend if they beat Hibs and Rangers drop points to Hearts.

But he expects a tough test during Sunday's visit to his former club, who are yet to taste defeat in the league under new manager Paul Heckingbottom.

He said: "Hibs are in great form, I'm delighted for the Hibs public, but we're coming knowing what our motivation and incentives are, looking to win well, coming off the back of a very convincing semi-final performance last week.

"Paul [Heckingbottom] has been tremendous."

Lennon also responded to Rangers chairman Dave King's claims that the Ibrox club are close to becoming the "dominant force" in Scottish football.

He said: "It's not for me to say, other people can give their opinion.

"I can only speak on behalf of Celtic and since 2000 our record domestically has been pretty good - good recruitment, good people, class board who keep their powder dry.

"We don't talk ourselves up, we just try and maintain the standards we've set over the last 20 years."