Brighton poised with £25m O'Riley bid - gossip

Brighton & Hove Albion are poised to bid £25m, plus add-ons, for 23-year-old Celtic midfielder Matt O’Riley. (Scottish Sun)

Celtic are battling it out with Southampton to sign Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Facundo Buonanotte after Feyenoord failed to negotiate a loan move for the 19-year-old. (Algemeen Dagblad)

Brighton & Hove Albion are ready to offer 19-year-old Argentine attacking midfielder Facundo Buonanotte as part of a deal for 23-year-old Denmark international Matt O’Riley, for whom Celtic want a Scottish record fee of around £25m. (HITC)

James McCarthy, the 33-year-old midfielder who has not played for Celtic since October 2022 but is under contract until next summer, was recently removed from the club's official website. (Glasgow Times)

Celtic are likely to miss out on one of their key summer targets after Brentford made an improved bid of £7m for 25-year-old Burnley centre-back Dara O’Shea. (The Scotsman)

Chelsea have been contacted by Rangers over a potential move for 19-year-old academy midfielder Leo Castledine, but the London club want a straight loan while the Ibrox outfit want an option to buy, with Aberdeen also having registered an interest in the Englishman. (Football Scotland)

Manchester United are only interested in a permanent transfer, not a loan, for 21-year-old midfielder Hannibal Mejbri and, at the moment, that could be quite difficult for Rangers. (Fabrizio Romano via GiveMeSport)

Hannibal Mejbri says he is tired of being on the bench and wants regular first-team football as the Manchester United midfielder contemplates his future after Sevilla decided not to exercise their £14m right to buy the 21-year-old midfielder following last season's loan. (The National)

Rangers have informed Alex Lowry it would be in his best interests to move away from the Ibrox club this summer and clubs have already enquired about the 21-year-old midfielder. (The Scotsman)

Genoa have 25-year-old Aberdeen striker Bojan Miovski at the top of their wanted list to replace Mateo Retegui with the Italy international due to have a medical with Atalanta on Thursday. (Marco Conterio on X)

Emiliano Marcondes, the 29-year-old midfielder who has been released by Bournemouth, says he is keeping his options open on what comes next after his loan stint with Hibernian but hinted at a move to somewhere warmer. (Ealing Road podcast)

Hibernian head coach David Gray says the tie-in with billionaire investor Bill Foley’s Bournemouth will bear more fruit as the summer window approaches the 30 August deadline.

Meanwhile, a deal to bring 21-year-old Fulham forward Kieron Bowie to Easter Road on a four-year contract is being finalised and Gray reiterated his admiration for Luke McCowan but would not be drawn on any further move for the 26-year-old Dundee midfielder. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Heart of Midlothian did not submit an offer for Fulham forward Kieron Bowie, who is close to joining Hibs, despite being made aware of the 21-year-old’s availability. (Edinburgh Evening News)

A deal to sell forward Kyosuke Tagawa for a six-figure fee to Kashima Antlers is all but done with the 25-year-old, who signed by Hearts on a three-year contract from Tokyo last year, out of favour at Tynecastle Park and with Urawa Red Diamonds having also shown interest. (Edinburgh Evening News)

The Scottish Football Association will meet on Thursday to hear representations from Hearts as they attempt to sign 21-year-old Colombian left-back Andres Salazar, who needs a Governing Body Endorsement to accompany his application for a UK visa to play in Scotland and join the Premiership club on a season-long loan from Atletico Nacional. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Fulham are ready to walk away from their interest in Scott McTominay after having a £20m bid for the Scotland midfielder rejected by Manchester United, who want closer to £30m, and with the 27-year-old not convinced his future lies away from Old Trafford. (HITC)

Leeds United are yet to make Liam Cooper a concrete offer of a new contract as the 32-year-old Scotland centre-half contemplates interest from elsewhere in the Championship and abroad. (Yorkshire Evening Post)

Don Cowie is not ruling out further movement in his squad despite already making nine additions during his first transfer window as Ross County manager. (Press & Journal)

Aberdeen first-team coach Peter Leven is under consideration by Raith Rovers, who are looking to appoint a head coach to work under director of football John Potter rather than a manager at Stark’s Park after sacking Ian Murray. (Daily Record)

Darren O'Dea is wanted by Raith Rovers as their new manager, but the 37-year-old former Republic of Ireland centre-half is unlikely to be lured away from Celtic having been recently promoted to the role of professional player pathway manager. (Scottish Sun)

Polish referee Bartosz Frankowski has expressed great remorse and apologised to everyone for his behaviour after making "a fatal mistake, which I am not able to explain well" after he and Tomasz Musial were removed from the VAR team for Rangers' Champions League meeting with Dynamo Kyiv following their arrest for drunken behaviour the night before. (TVP Sport)