Wednesday's Scottish Gossip: Carter-Vickers, Beck, Yilmaz, Kelleher, Vata, Smith, Hastie
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West Ham United, Nottingham Forest and Brentford are all interested in acquiring Celtic centre-half Cameron Carter-Vickers and the Scottish champions are bracing themselves for at least one formal offer for the 26-year-old. (SBI), external
Celtic and Rangers are still keen on a potential move for Owen Beck after the 21-year-old was recalled from his loan with Dundee, but they will have to wait for any decision to be made by current club Liverpool when their top two left-backs, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas, return to training towards the end of January. (Football Scotland), external
Owen Beck was an unused substitute for Liverpool in their EFL Cup semi-final first leg win over Fulham, but if the left-back makes an appearance before the end of January, a return to Dundee would be his only option of another loan this season as players are not permitted to play for three clubs in one season. (Daily Record), external
Liverpool think sending Owen Beck on loan to England's lower leagues would be preferable for his development than sending him to Celtic, where Greg Taylor is still very much first pick at left-back. (Glasgow Evening Times), external
Ridvan Yilmaz's transfer from Rangers to Galatasaray is about to happen as, despite the Ibrox club rejecting their bid, the Turkish outfit have an agreement with the 22-year-old left-back and have renewed their offer. (Kadir Cietincali on X), external
Rangers are working on a deal to sign another forward this month - and the potential sale of Ridvan Yilmaz could allow them to get it done before the 1 February cut-off. (Football Insider), external
Liverpool are not willing to allow reported Celtic target Caoimhin Kelleher, the English club's 25-year-old back-up goalkeeper, to leave the club in the January transfer window. (Football Insider), external
Celtic winger Rocco Vata, who is out of contract this summer, has offers on the table from both Bologna and Como 1907 and the 18-year-old is in talks with both Italian clubs after the Scottish champions granted him permission to leave this month. (Football Insider), external
Connor Smith, who is out of contract this summer, is expected to leave Heart of Midlothian in another loan move this month after the midfielder's return from Scunthorpe United was cut short because a transfer embargo prevented the English club from renewing his loan or signing him permanently. (Edinburgh Evening News), external
Former Rangers and Motherwell midfielder Jake Hastie is poised to complete a move to Hamilton Academical after the 24-year-old left English League Two club Hartlepool United. (The Herald), external