Rangers want Villarreal striker - Wednesday's gossip

Rangers face competition from one of Russell Martin's old clubs Swansea City for Villarreal's Cameroon Under-23 striker Etta Eyong. (Scottish Sun)

Rangers are set to miss out on Manchester City's Callum Doyle, with the England youth defender closing in on a £8m switch to Wrexham. (The Athletic)

New Celtic defender Hayato Inamura has been told by Brendan Rodgers he is not good enough to play in the Champions League - yet. (Daily Record)

Barry Ferguson would have targeted Dundee's Josh Mulligan and Lawrence Shankland of Heart of Midlothian if he had been retained as Rangers manager. (Scottish Sun)

Rodgers has warned any Celtic players whose focus may be drifting towards a late transfer window move by reminding them who pays their wages. (Daily Record)

A dearth of summer signings combined with Nicolas Kuhn's exit and Jota's injury make Celtic's £40m Champions League qualifying tie against Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan more treacherous than it should be. (The Scotsman)

Club Brugge manager Nicky Hayen says he "knew where the spaces were" in the Rangers team before they played at Ibrox in the Champions League qualifier. (The Herald)

Real Betis defender Nobel Mendy's transfer to Rangers collapsed because of a problem during the player's medical rather than a financial issue. (AS via Scottish Sun)

Aberdeen's Adil Aouchiche says training alongside Neymar and Kylian Mbappe at Paris St-Germain gave him an education money cannot buy. (Daily Record)

Hibernian manager David Gray has challenged his squad "to create history" by qualifying for the league phase of a Uefa competition when they face Legia Warsaw for a place in the Conference League. (The Scotsman)

Dundee boss Steven Pressley says Luke Graham is a player with "a big future" as he explained why contract talks have started with the defender. (The Courier)

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin says he will balance the signing of "potential" players with experienced campaigners in future transfer windows after making nine generally young recruits this summer. (Press & Journal)