Monday's Scottish Gossip: Butland, Hibs, Foley, Goldson, Kelleher, Palma, Ellis, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Motherwell
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Hibernian are confident that opposition from Hibernian Supporters Limited, which owns 15.4% of the Scottish Premiership club, will have no impact on billionaire Bournemouth owner Bill Foley's bid for a minority stake when it is voted on at Tuesday's annual meeting. (Edinburgh Evening News), external
Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland says the Ibrox club, his agent and he himself gave a straight no to Nottingham Forest when the Premier League outfit made a January approach for the 30-year-old Englishman. (Football Scotland) , external
Connor Goldson hit the 300-game landmark for Rangers in Saturday's 5-0 thrashing of Heart of Midlothian, but the centre-half insists there is plenty of mileage left in his 31-year-old tank thanks to the foot-to-the-floor attitude of manager Philippe Clement. (Daily Record), external
Caoimhin Kelleher, for whom Liverpool rejected an enquiry from Celtic, has been labelled the best back-up goalkeeper in world football by manager Jurgen Klopp after the 25-year-old Irishman kept a clean sheet in their EFL Cup final win over Chelsea on Sunday. (Scottish Sun), external
Celtic winger Luis Palma celebrated his late goal in Sundays 3-1 win away to Motherwell by revealing a T-shirt with a hand-written message reading "Fuerzas Elis" (strong Elis) in tribute to fellow Honduran Alberth Ellis, who suffered a sickening head clash during Bordeaux's Ligue 2 match against Guingamp and remains in an induced coma. (The Herald), external
Goalkeeper Zander Clark has attributed Hearts' disappointing display against Rangers to their failure to silence the Ibrox crowd and insisted the Tynecastle side are capable of putting the 5-0 reverse firmly behind them in the Edinburgh derby on Wednesday night. (The National), external
Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie agrees with interim manager Neil Warnock's suggestion that their side was bullied in Saturday's defeat by Kilmarnock and believes their players need to stop being nice guys. (Press & Journal), external
Photographs have emerged showing damaged seats in the away end housing Celtic fans at Motherwell's Fir Park on Sunday. (Daily Record), external
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