Scottish Gossip: Morelos, Rangers, Kent, Celtic, McCarthy, Boyle, Hibs

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst hopes striker Alfredo Morelos can return from injury in time for Tuesday's meeting with Union Saint Gilloise at Ibrox as his side seek to overturn a 2-0 deficit in Champions League qualifying. (Record)

Van Bronckhorst also hopes to have injured winger Ryan Kent back for Saturday's home league match with Kilmarnock and Tuesday's return leg with Union SG at Ibrox. (Herald - subscription required)

Manager Van Bronckhorst criticised his players following their defeat in Belgium and believes the side were fortunate to only lose 2-0. (Premier Sports)

Ex-Ibrox striker Kris Boyd says Rangers were a "pale shadow" of the team that reached last season's Europa League final in the Champions League third qualifying round first leg in Belgium. (Sky Sports via Football Scotland)

Former Rangers striker and manager Ally McCoist says the VAR handball call against Connor Goldson that led to Union SG's converted penalty for 2-0 was "an absolutely terrible decision". (Talk Sport via Record)

Midfielder James McCarthy will consider his Celtic future in the coming weeks. (Sun)

Martin Boyle's possible return to Hibernian is at the "maybe" stage, says manager Lee Johnson. (Sun)

Former Hibernian forward Tam McManus expects Easter Road chairman Ron Gordon to dig deep to bring winger Boyle back to the club from Al-Faisaly in Saudi Arabia. (Record)

Hibs insiders say a lot of work still has to be done to finalise Boyle's return. (Scotsman - subscription required)

Heart of Midlothian's away leg of their Europa League play-off will be moved to a different venue if they are up against FC Zurich, whose ground is scheduled to host a concert the night after the match. Zurich face Linfield in the third qualifying round. (Record)

Aberdeen target Connor Ronan hopes to stay with Wolves this season. (Press and Journal - subscription required)