Saturday's Scottish Gossip: Abdallah Sima, Lawrence Shankland, Adam Idah, James Forrest, Jota
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Rangers are willing to break their transfer record to sign on-loan Brighton & Hove Albion forward Abdallah Sima permanently - if they win Scottish league and land a huge transfer kitty from Champions League qualification - with his parent club valuing the 22-year-old at between £10-15m. (Football Insider), external
Rangers will have to break the record transfer fee between two Scottish clubs if they want to sign Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland this summer, with Hearts demanding more than the reported £4.4m Celtic paid Hibernian for Scott Brown in 2007 for the 28-year-old. (Football Insider), external
Norwich City will look to cash in on Adam Idah's impressive spell on loan to Celtic by selling the 23-year-old striker this summer and insiders at the Scottish champions consider it a "disaster" that they did not insert an option to buy into his contract. (Football Insider), external
Brendan Rodgers has hailed James Forrest as "Celtic's best winger", with the manager claiming the 32-year-old Scotland international could still have a role in their quest to land silverware this season. (The National), external
Celtic have not considered sacking manager Brendan Rodgers despite some poor performances in recent weeks and in Europe. (Football Insider), external
Steven Naismith says there is no chance he would jump at the first chance to leave Tynecastle so early into his spell as Hearts head coach after one report claimed the 37-year-old has caught the attention of Millwall. (Daily Record), external
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner says Manchester United's desire to make Dougie Freedman their new head of recruitment is testament to the quality of the London club's sporting director, describing the former Scotland forward as "a fantastic person" who "knows all the players all over the world". (TalkSport), external
Hibernian striker Dylan Vente was named in Suriname's national squad for an upcoming training camp following a misunderstanding and the 24-year-old, who has represented Netherlands at youth level, has not yet made a decision about his senior international career, according to Dutch outlet Voetbalzone. (Voetbalzone via The Scotsman), external
Portuguese winger Jota, the 24-year-old who failed to secure a return to European football in January after being left out of Al-Ittihad's main squad following his summer transfer from Celtic, has finally been registered as one of the foreign players allowed by new head coach Marcelo Gallardo at the Saudi Pro League club. (Daily Record), external
After the latest round of European fixtures, including Rangers' draw with Benfica in Lisbon, Scotland sit just inside Uefa's top 10 in the governing body's coefficient ranking table, which is imperative when securing automatic passage for the champions of into the Champions League. (The Herald), external
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