Arsenal
have blocked Kieran Tierney from joining
Celtic
during January and the 27-year-old Scotland defender will stay at the Premier League club for the final six months of his contract to be part of their title push before returning to the Scottish champions in the summer.
(Telegraph),external
Celtic
are looking at alternative left-back options as they believe Kieran Tierney will stay at
Arsenal
until the summer and will now enter the market for a player on loan until the end of the season.
(Sky Sports),external
Sarpsborg
have rejected
Celtic’s
opening bid of £4.6m for winger Sondre Orjasaeter, but negotiations are continuing, with the Norwegian club valuing the 21-year-old at £7m.
(Anthony Joseph on X),external
Olympiakos
are in talks about taking 25-year-old
Celtic
winger Luis Palma on loan but are hoping to persuade his parent club that an option to buy for £3.3m in the summer is not mandatory.
(Sportime),external
Rangers, Derby County, Hull City
and
Swansea City
are interested in taking Bobby Clark on loan, five months after the 19-year-old midfielder joined
Red Bull Salzburg
from Liverpool for £6m.
(Daveockop),external
Amid speculation linking him with a move away from
Rangers
after impressing early in his Ibrox career, 22-year-old striker Hamza Igamane says he is happy with the Scottish Premiership club and thanked his agents for choosing a league that suits him well.
(Onze Mondial via Daily Record),external
Everton
signing
Rangers
striker Hamza Igamane is not happening in this transfer window.
(David Anderson on X),external
Sheffield Wednesday
have stepped up their efforts to sign Stuart Armstrong and are in talks with
Vancouver Whitecap
s about the 32-year-old Scotland midfielder.
(Daily Record),external
Benjamin Kimpioka’s £200,00 transfer to
Leuven
has collapsed after talks between the
St Johnstone
striker and the Belgian club’s manager, Chris Colemen, broke down after a deal between the two clubs was agreed earlier this week.
(The Courier),external
Heart of Midlothian
would still like to add a creative, goalscoring forward after moves for
Kilmarnock’s
Danny Armstrong and
Tobol’s
Islam Chesnokov failed to progress, while left-sided defensive cover is also required.
(Edinburgh Evening News),external
Dundee United
have fielded enquiries from one Major League Soccer club, as well as clubs in Belgium, Romania and elsewhere in Scotland, for 24-year-old out-of-favour Kenya midfielder Richard Odada and have yet to receive any official approach for Kevin Holt, understood to be valued in the region of £100,000, after
Derry City
registered an informal interest.
(The Courier),external
Aberdeen
manager Jimmy Thelin admits more players could exit Pittodrie before the January transfer window closes as he bids to balance his squad and centre-back Angus MacDonald, who is out of contract at the end of the season, is attracting interest from England and overseas.
(Press & Journal),external
Swansea City
are keeping close tabs on
Dundee
defender Luke Graham after receiving impressive feedback from the 20-year-old’s first half of the season on loan to Falkirk.
(Daily Record),external
Tony Docherty is “relaxed” about the way
Dundee’s
squad has shaped up, but the manager is not ruling out any more business and is unaware of any outgoings despite reported interest in midfielder Lyall Cameron and Jordan McGhee.
(The Courier),external
Ross County
manager Don Cowie insists he would be comfortable with his squad should he not add any further signings before the transfer deadline but does not rule out outgoings.
(Press & Journal),external
Dunfermline Athletic
are closing in on a deal for 20-year-old Scotland Under-21 centre-back Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen on loan from
Leeds United
and are also interested in taking 19-year-old
Rangers
winger Archie Stevens.
(Daily Record),external
Former Cambridge United and Gillingham manager Mark Bonner is interested in replacing Stuart Kettlewell at
Motherwell
.
(Daily Record),external
Former
Rangers
midfielder Kevin Thomson is set to return to the Ibrox club’s academy in a coaching role.
(Rangers Review),external
Rangers
have earned a grand total of £8.9m from their Europa League campaign so far.
(Daily Record),external
source: bbc sport