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Sunday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Former First Minister Henry McLeish has delivered his report on Scottish football and it includes proposals for investment in youth academies, payment to clubs for capped players and the Scottish Premer League and the Scottish Football League to work closer together. (Sunday Mail)

Tony Higgins, Scotland's representative for the international players' union FIFpro, has urged the Scottish Football Association, SPL and SFL to embrace Henry McLeish's proposals or Scottish football could be under threat. (Sunday Mail)

Tottenham medical staff have warned Robbie Keane not to train with Celtic for two days after away matches as they're worried about damage he's doing to his knee. (News of the World)

Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan is tracking the progress of Dundee United's Morgaro Gomis and Craig Conway with a view to a summer raid. (News of the World)

Celtic's Scott Brown admits he's desperate for Stephen McManus to return from his loan spell at Middlesbrough and relieve him of his duties as captain. (Sunday Mail)

Celtic's friendly with AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday is in doubt because of air travel restrictions across Europe as a result of the volcanic ash eruption in Iceland. (Sunday Herald)

Rangers manager Walter Smith has predicted tough times ahead unless the Ibrox club's financial future is sorted out soon. (Mail on Sunday)

Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov has told manager Jim Jefferies that he will get hard cash to buy players this summer if the price is right. (Sunday Mail)

Falkirk's Scott Arfield and Kilmarnock's Craig Bryson are on Jim Jefferies' hit-list as he targets a core of Scottish players to rebuild Hearts next season. (Mail on Sunday)

Hamilton's James McArthur looks set to be playing his football in England next season after his agent, Willie McKay, revealed he is being targeted by a number of Premier League clubs. (Mail on Sunday)

Livingston chairman Gordon McDougall believes SFA chief executive Gordon Smith's position is untenable because of his interference on the Robbie Winters 'diving' case. (News of the World)

Gordon McDougall says that, when he took over as Livingston chairman from Angelo Massone, the West Lothian club's finances were in such a bad state it resembled a "crime scene". (News of the World)

Former Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has told friends he is unlikely to be in charge at Aston Villa in the summer. (News of the World)



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see also
Sunday's gossip column
18 Apr 10 |  Gossip
Saturday's Scottish gossip
17 Apr 10 |  Scottish Premier


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