Scottish Gossip: Rangers, King, Celtic, Maeda,, Scotland, Robertson, Tierney

Rangers have been dealt a defensive injury blow with Leon King picking up a knock in Scotland Under-21s' win over Northern Ireland. (Express)

Reo Hatate was left out of Japan's squad for the friendly match with USA in Germany but Celtic teammate Daizen Maeda started and Kyogo Furuhashi was on the bench while Rangers' Malik Tillman one of the substitutes on the Americans' bench. (Express)

Maeda plans to end his Scottish Premiership scoring drought soon, the forward having not scored in the league since May. (Sun)

Celtic are planning a warm weather winter training camp, with the Scottish Premiership going on hiatus for the World Cup. (Sun)

Liverpool and Scotland left-back Andy Robertson says he considers what it would like to play for boyhood club Celtic every time he sees them play. (Record)

Scotland "owe" Saturday's opponents Republic of Ireland after the Scots lost 3-0 in Dublin earlier this year. (Scotsman - subscription required)

Kieran Tierney felt for fellow Scotland defender Nathan Patterson after the latter was taken off on a stretcher injured in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Ukraine, with Tierney saying: "I've been there." (Scotsman - subscription required)

Aberdeen manager Jim Goodwin aims to sign more international players in future transfer windows. (Press and Journal - subscription required)

St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson hopes to know early next week whether midfielder Graham Carey faces a lengthy injury lay off. (Courier - subscription required)

Another Saints midfielder, David Wotherspoon, has a chance to make his comeback from long-term injury against Dundee United next month. (Courier - subscription required)