'Dundee Utd can't compete with Wrexham for Dalby' - gossip

Dundee United striker Sam DalbyImage source, SNS
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Manager Jim Goodwin confesses that Dundee United cannot compete with the financial muscle of Wrexham in their bid to secure Sam Dalby on a permanent contract, with the striker's parent club having tabled a contract extension for the on-loan 25-year-old. (The Courier), external

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin says centre-half Kevin Holt is going nowhere as the League of Ireland's window prepares to close on Friday and with big-spending Derry City having made a preliminary enquiry about the 32-year-old. (The Courier), external

Ben Davies is not looking beyond his current loan spell with Birmingham City as the 29-year-old continues to impress with the League One leaders after a stop-start time with Rangers. (Glasgow Times), external

Rangers centre-half Leon Balogun has revealed he is determined to win an international recall with Nigeria at the age of 36. (The National), external

Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour's omission from the Napoli first team is continuing to perplex Italian media, with the 23-year-old having not started a match since a 5 December defeat by Lazio having lost his place to Stanislav Lobotka. (The Scotsman), external

South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo described his visit to Europe very beneficial after meeting Celtic winger Yang Hyun-jun and Hibernian midfielder Kwon Hyuk-gyu, who is yet to make a full debut. (Edinburgh Evening News), external

Manager Don Cowie believes Ross County's squad is the healthiest it has been so far this season. (Press & Journal), external

Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Stuart Kettlewell, who recently resigned from Motherwell, are among the early favourites to land the vacant Partick Thistle job after the sacking of Kris Doolan by the Scottish Championship club. (Scottish Sun), external

Scottish managers have gathered the seventh most points in the world's top five leagues, with Italy on top followed by Spain, France, Germany, England and Argentina. (Transfermarkt), external

Hibernian banked £1.2m in tax credit earmarked for research and development last year, the news coming after it was revealed that Dundee United are staring down the barrel of a £600,000 repayment to HMRC after receiving £1.28m during the financial period of 2021-22. (The Courier), external

Celtic missed out on an extra £9.3m following their Champions League play-off defeat by Bayern Munich but secured £26.23m from this season's competition. (Daily Record), external

Celtic have made £38.22m from this season's Champions League even before taking into account ticket sales and other commercial business. (The Herald), external

Dumbarton have banned all under-16s from attending matches at their stadium for the rest of the season and blamed a specific group of young supporters for engaging in "behaviour detrimental to the reputation of the club" in the wake of ugly scenes during the League 1 team's game against Montrose on Saturday. (Scottish Sun), external

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