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Saturday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Former Celtic defender Malky Mackay will be appointed Watford manager on Monday. (Various)

Hull could take advantage of Celtic's delay in appointing Tony Mowbray as manager by signing Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune. (Daily Record)

Former Scotland defender Steven Pressley, who retired as a player at the end of the season, and youth coach Eddie May top a list of 25 applicants for the managerial vacancy at Falkirk. (Daily Record)

Eddie May and Steven Pressley will be named Falkirk's management team early next week. (The Sun)

Falkirk will not be rushed into making an appointment and are unlikely to make an appointment until the middle of next week. (The Herald)

Brian Rice is poised to follow John Hughes from Falkirk to Hibernian as assistant manager this weekend. (Daily Record)

Frozen-out goalkeeper Andy McNeil says he has to leave Hibernian to revive his career. (Daily Record)

Motherwell captain Stephen Craigen is favourite to be named interim manager of Motherwell while they find a permanent replacement for Mark McGhee. (Daily Record)

Midfielder Mark Fotheringham could receive offers from Espanyol and two other Spanish clubs after leaving Norwich and impressing on trial. (Various)

Kilmarnock have told manager Jim Jefferies he will have no money to spend in the transfer market this summer because of the club's debts. (The Scotsman)

Clyde manager John Brown has vowed to fight on despite being left with only two players for next season at the cash-strapped club. (Various)

Clyde will host open trials similar to those carried out successfully by then-manager Graham Roberts in 2005. (The Sun)

Partick Thistle defender Gary Harkins is poised to reject a move to Dundee because Firhill manager Ian McCall has signed a contract extension. (Daily Record)



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