Fridays Scottish Gossip: Roofe, Moyes, Tagawa, Gartenmann, Lammers, Jota, Tilio, Jack, Lundstram, Cifuentes, Hanlon, Stevenson

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Kemar Roofe is increasingly likely to depart Ibrox when his current deal expires this summer, with Rangers not poised to offer the 31-year-old striker a new deal before the end of the season. (Football Insider), external

Sam Lammers admits his future is uncertain when his loan to Utrecht from Rangers ends this summer and, while the 26-year-old forward points out he has another three-and-a-half years on his Ibrox contract, he has not ruled out exiting the Glasgow club at the end of the season. (Football Scotland), external

Rangers midfielders John Lundstram and Ryan Jack both have interest from around Europe and clubs in the English Championship, but while the 29-year-old Englishman is keen to extend his stay and a new contract is being negotiated, conversations have yet to kick-off with the 31-year-old Scotland international amid injury problems. (TeamTalk), external

Rangers midfielder Jose Cifuentes has finally overcome red tape to join his Cruzeiro team mates as the 24-year-old begins his year-long loan spell with the Brazilian club. (Daily Record), external

Stefan Gartenmann has admitted his long-term Aberdeen future is up in the air after the dismissal of Barry Robson, with talks having opened about a permanent purchase of the 27-year-old on-loan Midtjylland centre-half before the manager's sacking. (Daily Record), external

Hibernian head coach Nick Montgomery insists that no decisions have been made on the futures of veteran defenders Paul Hanlon and Lewis Stevenson, who are both out of contract this summer. (The Scotsman), external

Four clubs - including one from Portugal's Primeira Liga - are scouting 25-year-old Heart of Midlothian forward Kyosuke Tagawa. (Edinburgh Evening News), external

Marco Tilio has dismissed the notion that he left Melbourne City for Celtic too early in his career and the 22-year-old striker blames an injury early into his spell in Glasgow for an eventual return to the A-League club on loan. (Glasgow Evening Times), external

Crystal Palace held an interest in signing Jota from Al-Ittihad in January while West Ham United were working on a deal and the 24-year-old winger will be one to watch in the summer transfer window despite ultimately staying put in the Saudi Arabian Pro League despite his lack of action since he left Celtic in July. (TeamTalk), external

Former Chelsea manager Graham Potter is a candidate to replace David Moyes if the Scot leaves West Ham United at the end of the season. (Daily Telegraph), external

Former Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has revealed the real reason he turned down the chance to return to take over at Besiktas - he had a bad feeling about the Turkish top-flight club. (The National), external

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