Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Rangers, Everton, Spurs, Southampton, Roma, Hibs, Hearts, Motherwell, Livingston, Lille

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

French club Lille, currently rebuilding their squad after the departure of coach Marcelo Bielsa, are poised to launch a £5m bid for Celtic central defender Jozo Simunovic. (Scottish Daily Mail)

Everton are weighing up a move for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney as a long-term successor to 33-year-old Leighton Baines, but Tottenham Hotspur are believed to be keen on the 21-year-old as a replacement for England's Danny Rose. (Daily Mirror)

Rangers are poised to tie up loan moves for 22-year-old Mali international midfielder Lassana Coulibaly from French top-flight club Angers and 21-year-old Roma striker Umar Sadiq. (Scottish Daily Mail)

Rangers have agreed a deal to sign Umar Sadiq on a season-long loan from Roma and are also close to landing Lassana Coulibaly on a similar deal from Angers. (Scottish Daily Express, print edition)

Umar Sadiq, the Nigerian striker who was farmed out to Breda last season, has agreed a loan move to Rangers from Roma and it should be completed next week. (Daily Record)

Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic is being linked with French club Lille

Rangers are considering a loan deal for Mali midfielder Lassana Coulibaly, the 22-year-old playmaker presently with Angers in the French Ligue 1. (Scottish Sun)

A return to Rangers for Southampton captain Steven Davis has been dismissed by an Ibrox insider despite a report suggesting that the 33-year-old Northern Ireland midfielder would be keen on the move. (Scottish Sun)

Newcastle United and Scotland winger Matt Ritchie is a £15m target for English Championship clubs Middlesbrough and Stoke City. (Daily Telegraph)

Wigan Athletic and Millwall have joined the race to sign Scotland midfielder Chris Cadden, with the English Championship clubs poised to rest Motherwell's resolve with £500,000 offers - half what the Fir Park outfit value the 21-year-old who has a year left of his contract. (Daily Record)

Hibernian could find themselves priced out of a move for Jamie Maclaren, with Darmstadt poised to demand a significant six-figure fee for the 24-year-old striker who was in Australia's World Cup finals squad after his loan spell at Easter Road. (Scottish Sun)

Kilmarnock have taken 19-year-old Bournemouth striker Mikael Ndjoli on trial with a view to a loan move. (Scottish Daily Express, print edition)

Lassana Coulibaly (left) is reportedly close to joining Rangers

Former Inverness Caledonian Thistle winger Jordan Roberts rejected a move to Hearts as the 24-year-old signed a two-year contract with Ipswich Town despite being given a tour of Tynecastle Stadium and the Scottish Premiership club's training base after leaving Crawley Town. (Scottish Sun)

St Mirren have taken former Dundee United striker Mario Bilate, who helped Emmen win promotion to the Dutch top flight, on trial. (Scottish Daily Mail, print edition)

Livingston are keen on signing goalkeeper Louis Gray, who has been training with the promoted club after being released by Everton. (Scottish Sun, print edition)

Livingston have imposed a deadline of today (Friday) for former Rangers striker Kenny Miller to decide whether to take up the offer of being their player-manager. (The Scotsman)

Australia midfielder Tom Rogic, Sweden defender Mikael Lustig, Belgian centre-half Dedryck Boyata and Costa Rica right-back Cristian Gamboa will not feature in Celtic's opening Champions League qualifier against Alashkert as they will be given time off following their participation at the World Cup finals. (Scottish Sun)

Cameroon midfielder Arnaud Djoum has a chance of being ready for the start of Hearts' Scottish Premiership campaign after making swift progress in his recovery from a ruptured Achilles' tendon. (Edinburgh Evening News)

St Johnstone missing out on qualification for European football was a blessing in disguise for Richard Foster as it allowed the right-back more time to enjoy his Las Vegas wedding to pop star Amy McDonald. (The Courier)

Ross County co-manager Stuart Kettlewell has played down suggestions the Dingwall club are throwing the cash behind their bid to win promotion back to the Premiership by revealing that his playing budget has been more than halved. (Press and Journal)

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