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Tuesday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune will sign for Celtic for £1m less than he would have earned by joining Portsmouth or Hull. (Daily Record)

Celtic have started talks with Nancy about the transfer of midfielder Landry N'Guemo. (The Sun)

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will decide this week whether to make an approach to Rangers for Barry Ferguson or to Newcastle for Joey Barton. (Daily Record)

The 12 Scottish Premier League clubs will meet today to consider a joint broadcasting deal being offered by Sky Sports and ESPN. (Daily Mail)

Andrew Driver will seek showdown talks with Hearts next week as he fears their £5m demand will block a transfer to English football. (Daily Mail)

Twente Enschede have joined Burnley and Coventry in the race to sign Hearts winger Andrew Driver. (The Sun)

Hamilton are considering a move to sign former Rangers defender Marvin Andrews, who is out of contract with Raith Rovers. (Daily Record)

West Lothian Council insist they will not give Livingston more time to pay rent arrears after taking court action that could force the club into administration. (Daily Record)

Aberdeen are hoping to take out-of-favour Plymouth striker Steven MacLean on loan. (Daily Express)

Goalkeeper Dani Mallo is poised to sign a one-year contract with Castellon after leaving Falkirk and rejecting a contract offer from Hibernian. (The Sun)

Former Rangers winger Peter Lovenkrands has been released by Newcastle. (Daily Record)

Colchester manager Paul Lambert wants to sign goalkeeper Rab Douglas from Dundee. (Daily Express)

Former Norwich midfielder Mark Fotheringham has joined Derby on trial. (Daily Record)

OTHER GOSSIP

Lions and Scotland forward Nathan Hines is on the verge of signing for Leinster after being released by Perpignan. (The Sun)

Euan Murray could miss Scotland's Autumn internationals against Australia, Argentina and Fiji with a broken leg the forward suffered while with the Lions in South Africa. (The Herald)



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see also
Transfers - June 2009
30 Jun 09 |  Football
Tuesday's gossip column
07 Jul 09 |  Gossip
Monday's Scottish gossip
06 Jul 09 |  Scottish Premier


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