Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee Utd, Morelos, Everton, Souttar, Porto, Fuchs, Juranovic, Henry, Henderson, Legia Warsaw
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Celtic are in talks over a deal to sign 25-year-old Croatia right-back Josip Juranovic in a £3.5m transfer from Legia Warsaw after giving up on a move for Aurelio Buta, with the Portugal Under-21 international close to switching from Royal Antwerp to Everton. (Scottish Sun), external
Celtic are closing in on the signing of £3m-rated right-back Josip Juranovic, who has been told he can leave Legia Warsaw at the right price after their Champions League elimination, and a £7m deal for 26-year-old Leuven striker Thomas Henry. (Daily Record), external
Manager Ange Postecoglou is hopeful of strengthening his Celtic squad further before next Thursday's Europa League play-off, with the Glasgow club being linked with a £2.5m move for Legia Warsaw right-back Josip Juranovic and Leuven striker Thomas Henry. (The Herald), external
Celtic centre-half Leo Hjelde is poised to undergo a Leeds United medical after the two clubs agreed a fee for the 17-year-old Norway youth international. (Football Insider), external
A £6.6m transfer has been agreed for Celtic-linked Piero Hincapie to join Bayer Leverkusen after the 19-year-old's current club, Tallares, announced advanced talks with an Italian club, believed to be Lazio, while Napoli and Newcastle United were also keen on the Ecuadorian centre-back. (Calciomercato), external
Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan, who was linked with a move to Celtic this summer, says he was never offered the chance to join compatriot Ange Postecoglou at the Glasgow club before the 29-year-old eventually signed for Real Sociedad on a permanent deal after falling out of favour at Brighton & Hove Albion. (Sporting News Australia)
Porto are hopeful of taking advantage of Rangers' Champions League elimination to sign 25-year-old striker Alfredo Morelos and will look to do a cut-price deal with the Scottish champions, who are likely to make sales to plug the financial gap and the Portuguese feeling the Ibrox club's previous £12.7m valuation is too high. (A Bola via Daily Record), external
Peterborough United are lining up a transfer move for 23-year-old Dundee United midfielder Jeando Fuchs. (Football League World), external
Hearts have started talks with John Souttar about extending the 24-year-old Scotland centre-half's contract. (Edinburgh Evening News), external
Former Celtic and Hibernian midfielder Liam Henderson has returned for a second spell with Empoli from Lecce, for whom he played 42 times last season to earn another crack at Italy's top flight. (Scottish Sun, print edition)
