ALEX McLEISH is set to learn his fate today as Scottish Football Association chiefs meet to decide whether to stick with the Scotland boss.

The manager’s position will be top of the agenda as the governing body gathers for a scheduled board meeting at Hampden.

McLeish’s performance has come under sharp focus following the Scots’ disastrous 3-0 loss to Kazakhstan in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier — a defeat branded by many the worst in the nation’s footballing history.

The former Hibernian, Rangers and Birmingham boss did successfully guide the national team to next year’s Nations League play-offs but pressure has been building ever since the humiliating set-back in Nursultan against a team ranked 117th in the world.

Chief executive Ian Maxwell is due to sit down with SFA president Alan McCrae, vice-president Rod Petrie, SPFL chief Neil Doncaster and fellow board members Michael Mulraney, Thomas McKeown and Ana Stewart first thing this morning to thrash out a decision on whether to axe the 60-year-old now.

If Scotland cannot fight their way back into contention in Group I, they will be left with a two-game shoot-out through the Nations League play-offs in order to secure a berth at Euro 2020, a tournament that is being partly staged on home soil with four games pencilled in for Hampden.

It was reported that McLeish was set to be axed last month but the SFA has remained quiet on the issue since.