FOOTBALL GOSSIP The Scottish Football Association will rake in £50m from a new four-year deal, beginning in 2014, in which Uefa will sell TV rights for internationals and distribute the money among its members. (Various) Celtic striker Gary Hooper faces a race against time to be fit for his club's league match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 2 April. (Daily Record) Rangers manager Ally McCoist wants to sign on-loan defender Ricky Foster from Aberdeen on a permanent basis. (Daily Mail) Blackpool and Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam, who lost 6-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates in August, hopes to avoid another thrashing when the national team play Brazil there on Sunday. (Daily Mail) Research by the curator of the Scottish Football Museum has discovered that football was introduced to Brazil by Thomas Donohue, a dye worker from Busby, in 1894, and not by Charles Miller, as was previously thought. (The Herald) Wigan and Scotland defender Gary Caldwell thinks his club team-mate James McCarthy will go on to win 100 caps, but, despite his efforts to persuade the former Hamilton star to choose Scotland, those international honours are likely to come playing for Ireland. (The Herald) St Johnstone midfielder Murray Davidson says he has found it hard to put the idea of playing against Brazil to the back of his mind as he got down to the business of seeing off Brechin in the Scottish Cup. (The Herald) Rangers centre-half Madjid Bougherra is to have a scan on a hamstring injury and he could miss part of his team's title run-in. (The Sun) Hearts director Sergejus Fedetovas promises that the club will pay those players owed bonus money before their next game against Hibs on 3 April. (The Sun) Celtic plan to offer Newcastle £2m for goalkeeper Fraser Forster, who is currently on loan at the Scottish Premier League club. (Daily Express)
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