Duhamel is set to referee the crucial clash at the Amsterdam ArenA on March 28 but has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in his homeland.

He has been told to take a break from football by his own association before returning at lower league level after failing to send off two Paris St Germain players, who will now be punished retrospectively.

Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has revealed he may consider asking FIFA for a different referee but Burley has no problem with Duhamel taking charge of the Group 9 match.

"The referee position will look after itself," he said.

"FIFA will decide who will be the referee and we can't influence it.

"I'm sure whoever is in charge will perform to the best of his ability. We are certainly not worrying about it.

"Personally, I don't know him. I'm sure he is a top-class referee and we are just looking forward to the game.

"I'm sure FIFA and the refereeing committee, whoever selects the referees, will take everything into consideration and choose the right one from there."

Meanwhile, Burley has welcomed the prospect of non-nationals, who have been schooled in Scotland for at least five years, being able to represent the national team.

A current gentleman's agreement between the Home Nations prevents managers picking players who do not have at least one grandparent who was born in that country.

But Smith has revealed both the Football Association of Wales and the Irish FA have backed his plan, and he is only waiting for the English FA to get back to him.

Burley said: "The associations have looked at it, they have looked at the discrimination factor.

"If someone has lived virtually all his life in the one country and has the right passport, should they be available to play for that country?

"It's something they are considering and I think it's something that's understandable.

"In Europe, you maybe only have to live in a country for four or five years to get a passport and qualify for the country.

"We are not talking about that. We are talking about somebody who has lived almost their whole life in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland, and that enables them to qualify.

"Not just because they have been in the country for a few years."

Burley has also backed the decision of Scotland and Wales to abandon a joint bid to host the 2016 European Championships due to the economic downturn.

Speaking at the £15.7million Toryglen Regional Football Centre in Glasgow, which will soon be open to the public, the Scotland boss believes money would be better invested in the development of the game at grass-roots level.

He said: "The SFA were very keen to put a bid in for it but, when they looked at it very carefully, realistically, it wasn't a possibility at this stage.

"It might be more important for the money to be put into facilities for the kids like this one. I think that's the main thing for Scottish football.

"Can we start producing top-class players on a regular basis? I think that starts with the grass-roots from a young age.

"So it's great to see the facilities here at Toryglen."