The former Everton and West Ham defender has brought his side to Glasgow for tomorrow's friendly against Scotland at Hampden which he is using as preparation for the European Championships in the summer.

Bilic's contract is up at the end of the tournament and he reiterated his desire to remain as national coach and take his team in to the World Cup qualifiers which start at the beginning of next season.

However, he admitted the two Glasgow giants do hold universal appeal.

He said: "I have said that I want to stay as a manager and I am enjoying my time with the players.

"We have a young team with great young players coming through and all the players can play in the World Cup qualifiers when they start, apart from maybe one or two.

"Therefore I am enjoying my time here and I want to stay if they offer me a new contract which they are probably going to do.

"Scotland does not have the best league in the world but put it this way, there is no trainer or manager in the world who, if called by Rangers or Celtic, would not walk to Glasgow.

"And ask my players. They are playing for really good teams in really good leagues that are far better than the SPL, but I'm sure that they would definitely talk to those two clubs."

Bilic is looking forward to his first trip to Hampden but played down suggestions he has become a hero to the Tartan Army after knocking England out of the Euro qualifiers with a dramatic win at Wembley.

He said: "We wanted to play an away game and as soon as we had the chance to play at Hampden then all the other options were out of the question.

"We were looking for really strong opponents who were going to give us a picture of our form and condition two months before the European Championships and you can't ask for better than Scotland.

"They are a quality team that were close to qualifying for the Euros out of a qualifying group that was probably the strongest along with our own.

"Secondly, you can compare them with Croatia because of their patriotism and will to play for their country.

"It is a friendly game but it is going to be competitive.

"I never played at Hampden, but I follow Scottish football as well as the national team and even on television you can feel the special atmosphere and I hope it's going to be the same tomorrow."

"Am I a hero to the Scottish fans? I don't know," said Bilic.

"But we did the job for ourselves. We didn't play for Russia and we definitely didn't play for Scotland or Ireland so they can tease the English.

"You are only as good as your last result so it would be totally wrong if we were still hanging out in bars saying 'do you remember what a great day that win over England was?'

"That would take us nowhere. Of course, it will stay with us forever and we will enjoy telling our grandchildren about it but the game is in the past."

Bilic skilfully avoided making comparisons between the England and Scotland national teams by saying: "I am not going to make comparisons, I am going to leave it to Fabio Capello to arrange a game between Scotland and England."