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Monday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

John Reid is considering his position as Celtic chairman and could stand down at the club's annual meeting on Thursday, with corporate lawyer Ian Bankier being linked with the post. (Daily Mail)

Estonia and Tom Tomsk goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko has moved to the top of Celtic's wanted list after Wojciech Szczesny pledged his future to Arsenal. (the Sun)

Celtic are weighing up a move for 19-year-old Australia striker Mathew Leckie, of Adelaide United. (the Sun)

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell says striker Gustavo Reulas could join Celtic in the new year, heralding in a co-operation agreement with his Mexican club, Santos. (Various)

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has vowed to appeal against his two-game touchline suspension. (Various)

Walter Smith says he will not retire from football at the end of the season when he stands down as Rangers manager. (Various)

Scotland are in danger of dropping into the fifth pot of seeds for the next World Cup qualifiers as they are ranked 57th and have no competitive games before the draw in July. (the Sun)

Finnish midfielder Alexei Eremenko says he could be recalled in January by Metalist Kharkiv from his loan spell with Kilmarnock. (the Scotsman)

In-form forward Alan Gow fears he will be priced out of a new deal with Motherwell when his short-term contract ends in January. (Various)

OTHER GOSSIP

Seven of the Scotland rugby side hammered by New Zealand at the weekend are injury doubts for Saturday's visit to Murrayfield by South Africa. (Various)

Kenny Anderson says referee Dave Parris was wrong to stop his attempt to take the Commonwealth super-middleweight title from George Groves as he was not hurt at any time. (the Sun)



see also
Monday's gossip column
15 Nov 10 |  Gossip
Sunday's Scottish gossip
14 Nov 10 |  Scotland


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