SFA president Campbell Ogilvie says assortment for the Scotland squad stays supervisor Craig Levein's selection8704282

The Scottish Football Association will not interfere with Scotland 7m manager Craig Levein's selection policy regardless of Steven Fletcher's ongoing exile, insists president Campbell Ogilvie.

Levein will name his squad for this month's Entire world Cup qualifiers in opposition to Wales and Belgium at Hampden on Tuesday but there will be no place for the Sunderland striker in his programs.

Fletcher has not featured for the Scots since informing the SFA by text message that he did not would like to be chosen for a sport versus Northern Ireland in February 2011.

The twenty five-calendar year-old indicated final month by way of Twitter that he would be ready to return to the countrywide fold if wanted, right after Levein shut the door on the player in a bid to conclusion speculation more than his international potential at the start out of the marketing campaign.

Even though Scotland have endured a stuttering start to the qualifiers, Fletcher is in sparkling type immediately after 7m.cn professing his fifth purpose in four video games for the Black Cats at the weekend.

However, SFA president Ogilvie is adamant the closing decision rests with Levein.

He stated: "It can be very clear-minimize, it's incredibly black and white.

"The supervisor is employed to decide on the crew and the gamers who he needs for his squad for the countrywide crew.

"The crew supervisor is utilized to select the staff that he deems fit to be the ideal to get the games.

"It really is not for myself or a board member to interfere in that procedure." Prerogative

He additional: "I'm rather obvious that it's Craig Levein's prerogative to choose which gamers he needs.

"As a make a difference of principle, I do not feel it's correct that a director 7m.cn must try in any way to affect the team variety."

The Scots took just two details from their opening two online games at Hampden from Serbia and Macedonia final month and now face two possibly challenging ties on the street as they bid to steer their marketing campaign back again on track.

Ogilvie claimed: "I consider there is a basic consensus that we desired a lot more points from the initially two games but they are two very very good groups - Serbia in specific - and we've got to go into the up coming two video games really constructive and with everyone pulling together.

"There has been some negativity out there at occasions but, like any soccer match up, you have to go in with a beneficial body of intellect.

"In my view, absolutely everyone has to be powering Craig and the team likely into these 7m.cn game titles.

"We are totally driving Craig. We have performed two game titles and we want to consider something out of the upcoming two online games."