Scottish Gossip: Barnes, Souness, Anderson, Gordon, Livramento, Morelos, Kent, Ideguchi, Araujo, Grieve
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Newcastle United trio Elliott Anderson, Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento will not be changing their allegiance from England to Scotland ahead of the Euro 2024 finals, but head coach Steve Clarke has not completely ruled out drafting in clubmate Harvey Barnes, with the winger due to return from long-term injury in the new year.
Meanwhile, the Scots will face the Netherlands in an Amsterdam friendly on 22 March ahead of the tournament. (Daily Record), external
Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has told the Scottish FA he no longer wishes to use Edinburgh's Oriam as a training base as the facility is "a bit tired" and with his squad having recently preferred to stay in Glasgow, staying in a plush five-star city centre hotel and training at Lesser Hampden. (Daily Record), external
Avispa Fukuoka are negotiating with Celtic about making Yosuke Ideguchi's loan deal a permanent transfer after the 27-year-old midfielder helped them finish a best-ever seventh in Japan's top flight, earning him a J-League player of the year nomination. (Nishi Nippon), external
Celtic have been told it will take a fee in excess of £4.2m to tempt Estoril into selling 22-year-old winger Tiago Araujo during the January transfer window. (Daily Record), external
Manager Brendan Rodgers says Maik Nawrocki and Gustaf Lagerbielke, who cost Celtic a combined £7m this summer, are not in his first-team plans because rival centre-backs are showing up better during training. (Daily Record), external
Former Rangers manager Graeme Souness' appointment to a formal advisory role at Ibrox has stalled, with the 70-year-old saying "they've got their hands full with the new manager getting settled in and a new director of football" but insisting "I'm talking to them and I'm at their service". (TalkSport)
Former St Johnstone head of recruitment Stevie Grieve has been appointed head coach of SJK Akatemia, who finished fourth in Finland's top flight this year. (The Courier), external
Former Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos, who would become a free agent again if Santos are relegated, has one game to secure another season in Brazil's Serie A, with his side one point above the relegation spots as they prepare to host Fortaleza on the last day of the season. (Scottish Sun), external
Former Rangers winger Ryan Kent's future with Fenerbahce is more uncertain after the 27-year-old was left out of Ismail Kartal's squad to face Sivasspor on Monday following criticism of his performance in last week's 6-1 hammering by Nordsjaelland in the Europa Conference League. (Football Scotland), external
Real Betis have been hit with a further huge blow ahead of next week's Europa League game against Rangers with World Cup winning Argentina centre-back German Pezzella picking up an injury. (The Herald), external
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