BBC Sportfootball

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Related BBC sites

Page last updated at 09:08 GMT, Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Thursday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Rangers and Celtic are set for a summer transfer battle over £2.5m-rated Congo captain Tresor Mputu. (Daily Express)

Rangers manager Walter Smith has revealed that skipper David Weir, 39, has refused to take a rest during a hectic period for the champions. (Daily Mail)

Celtic striker Robie Keane has not trained with the first team this week as he bids to recover from a kick to the knee. (Daily Express)

Celtic defender Jos Hooiveld is definitely out of Sunday's Old Firm fixture with a hamstring problem. (Sun)

Christian Nade will learn the extent of his punishment next week, following his misconduct charge from Hearts. (Scotsman)

Hibs manager John Hughes decided to recall keeper Graham Stack in order to bolster the shaky recent form of defender Sol Bamba (Scotsman)

Meanwhile, Stack believes Hibs can recover from a run of three consecutive defeats and claim third spot in the SPL. (Daily Record)

Javier Sanchez Broto har urged former club Celtic to pull out all the stops to sign Spanish defender Ivan Ramis in the summer. (Herald)

Sheffield United left-back Gary Naysmith hopes to overcome injury to play at least another four games for Scotland and make it to the 50 caps mark. (Scotsman)

Former Scotland defender Maurice Malpas thinks it is wrong that Lee McCulloch and Kris Boyd have been welcomed back into the international fold. (Scotsman)

Falkirk boss Steven Pressley cannot understand why his captain Darren Barr has been left out of the Scotland squad. (Various)

Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee has warned that defeat to Hearts at the weekend could mean the end of their challenge for a European place. (Various)



Print Sponsor


see also
Thursday's gossip column
25 Feb 10 |  Gossip


related internet links:
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites