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Saturday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Celtic manager Neil Lennon urges Nottingham Forest to allow defender Kelvin Wilson to join the Scottish Premier League side now instead of when his contract runs out in the summer. (Daily Mail)

Lennon believes Celtic's Israeli international midfielder Beram Kayal can have a more illustrious career than he himself did. (Daily Mail)

Rangers striker Kenny Miller is set to reject a move to Birmingham City despite the Ibrox side accepting a £1m package for him. (Daily Mail)

Miller is believed to be holding out for a move to a team on the Continent. (The Sun)

Walter Smith will sign Dundee United striker David Goodwillie, but only if Miller leaves Rangers. (Daily Record)

Former Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram insists that if the club sell Miller they will be waving goodbye to their chances of winning the SPL. (The Sun)

Former Tannadice striker Noel Hunt reckons Goodwillie is a "more finished article" than Celtic attacker Freddie Ljungberg. (Daily Record)

Kilmarnock manager Mixu Paatelainen hopes 24-year-old keeper Cammy Bell will stay at Rugby Park rather than risk moving too early in his career. (Daily Record)

Dundee have rejected bids from St Johnstone and St Mirren for striker Leigh Griffiths. (Daily Record)

Hamilton defender Mark McLaughlin says he owes everything to Alloa manager Allan Maitland, who signed him for Clyde from junior football, but hopes to knock his new team out the Scottish Cup. (Daily Record)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Ross Tokely warns his team-mates that they could be in line for a cup upset when they play Third Division Elgin. (The Sun)

OTHER GOSSIP

Stephen Hendry says the prospect of playing Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-final of the Ladbrokes.com Masters is a great incentive in his last-16 match against world champion Neil Robertson. (The Sun)



see also
Saturday's gossip column
08 Jan 11 |  Gossip
Friday's Scottish gossip
07 Jan 11 |  Scotland
Friday's gossip column
07 Jan 11 |  Gossip
Thursday's Scottish gossip
06 Jan 11 |  Scotland
Thursday's gossip column
06 Jan 11 |  Gossip


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