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Celtic
have made an initial offer of £1.7m for midfielder Kalidou Sidibe, currently in the French second tier with
Guingamp
, but they face competition from
Ipswich Town, PSV Eindhoven, Toulouse
and
Grasshoppers
for the 26-year-old who is soon to be a Mali international
(Africa Foot),external
Celtic
are set to block any move for Cameron Carter-Vickers this summer as the 27-year-old centre-half remains a crucial part of manager Brendan Rodgers’ plans for the future.
(Football Insider),external
Mystery continues to surround
Celtic
midfielder Odin Thiago Holm, with the 22-year-old still unavailable for his debut selection on loan to
Los Angeles
despite recovering from injury.
(The National),external
Rennes
have targeted
Udinese’s
Florian Thauvin and
Union Saint-Gilloise’s
Franjo Ivanovic as possible summer replacements with Kyogo Furuhashi having failed to fit into new head coach Habib Beye’s style of play after the Japan striker’s January transfer from Celtic.
(Jeunes Footeux),external
Celtic
could make £6.7m this summer after transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano suggested their former right-back, Jeremie Frimpong, could leave
Bayer Leverkusen
in the summer with many clubs interested and having a £33.7m release clause.
(Glasgow Times),external
St Johnstone
manager Simo Valakari has confirmed he missed out on signing Norwegian striker Runar Espejord earlier this month but has not dismissed the possibility of a further attempt to secure the 29-year-old, who only signed a one-year contract with
Haugesund
after leaving Bodo/Glimt.
(The Courier),external
Only one of the nine players signed by
Dunfermline Athletic
in January was the personal choice of now sacked head coach Michael Tidser, with the others being earmarked by John Colquhoun using data analysis on behalf of the Scottish Championship club’s new American owners.
(The Courier),external
Sheffield-born George Hirst has described his maiden
Scotland
call-up as a “dream come true” after switching allegiance from England, with father David, who played for England, telling the
Ipswich Town
26-year-old to go make his Scottish grandfather proud.
(The Scotsman),external
Scotland
left-back Andy Robertson, who has 80 caps, has revealed he has been winding up former
Liverpool
forward Kenny Dalglish over his bid to shatter his record of 102 international appearances.
(Scottish Sun),external
Aston Villa
midfielder John McGinn, who surpassed Ally McCoist’s international goals tally by scoring his 20th for
Scotland
to move into fifth overall, has set his sights on surpassing the all-time record of 30 held by Denis Law and Kenny Dalglish.
(Edinburgh Evening News),external
Rangers
winger Vaclav Cerny has described as “absurd” the Police Scotland probe after he celebrated Hamza Igamane’s dramatic late winner at Celtic Park on Sunday by allegedly spraying water into a section of the home fans behind the away dugout.
(Daily Record),external
The special powers that Police Scotland officers were handed in a bid to prevent crowd trouble breaking out at the Edinburgh derby match at the start of this month and the Old Firm game last weekend are set to remain in use for the foreseeable future.
(The Herald),external
source: bbc sport