'Saints keeping tabs on Motherwell's Miller' - gossip

Sport Republic, which owns Southampton, French club Valenciennes and Turkish outfit Goztepe, is keeping close tabs on 18-year-old midfielder Lennon Miller, but it would take a potential club record bid, in excess of David Turnbull's sale to Celtic, for Motherwell to even consider selling. (Daily Record)

Barcelona are working on cancelling Alex Valle's loan with Celtic in January, although that would mean paying compensation, as they think the 19-year-old has impressed enough with the Scottish champions to suggest he could provide a solution to their troubles at left-back. (El Nacional)

Reports in South America have indicated Alexandro Bernabei, who has helped Internacional to fifth place in the Brazilian top flight on loan from Celtic, could be in line for a first call-up by Argentina amid suggestions that the Scottish champions were asking for a fee of £8m to make the move permanent in January (Daily Record)

Liverpool plan to open contract talks with Andy Robertson next summer despite the left-back's irregular recent involvement, with manager Arne Slot blaming the 30-year-old's short pre-season after playing for Scotland at Euro 2024. (Football Insider)

Jaden Brown, the 25-year-old left-back who is awaiting sentencing after admitting three driving charges, could be the third player to exit St Mirren within weeks for ending up in court after the club ended striker Kevin van Veen's loan from Groningen following the sacking of defender Shaun Rooney. (Daily Record)

St Johnstone are expecting to have a long-awaited work permit for centre-back Bozo Mikulic in time for the Croat to make his debut against Motherwell on Saturday. (The Courier)

Following the arrival of former Lech Poznan left-back Barry Douglas, St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has decided against signing trialist Ghana international Dennis Korsah. (The Courier)

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin has revealed that he had tried to sign in-form striker Sam Dalby, who arrived from Wrexham this summer, before his side even started last season's Scottish Championship campaign. (Daily Record)

Beni Baningime admits it is weird to finally be playing under Neil Critchley, four years after snubbing the new Heart of Midlothian head coach when the midfielder rejected a move from Everton to Blackpool. (Football Scotland)

Neil Critchley has not ruled out January signings despite chief executive Andrew McKinlay saying the Englishman is looking to work with a smaller squad and the Hearts head coach has revealed that he has been involved in the early transfer window preparation last week. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Despite manager Tony Docherty intimating that work on contract extensions has begun, Dundee have not completing any with the 13 players moving towards the final six months of their current deals. (The Courier)

Ronan Hale is confident his scoring form for Ross County can catapult him into Northern Ireland's plans in 2025 despite the 26-year-old striker missing out on the latest squad because of delays to paperwork for his switch from Republic of Ireland, for whom he played up to under-21 level. (Press & Journal)

Scottish official Andrew Dallas was at the heart of a VAR controversy after allowing a goal involving PSV Eindhoven's former Rangers loanee midfielder Malik Tillman to stand against Girona. (Daily Record)

Glasgow's Subway will remain open for fans of Rangers and Hearts following Sunday evening's Scottish Premiership fixture at Ibrox, where the sides will kick-off at 17:00 GMT. (The Herald)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle director Alan Savage has called on UK sports secretary Lisa Nandy to help the administration-hit Scottish League 1 club as they await the result of their appeal against Highland Council's refusal to grant planning permission for a £40m battery project at Fairways Business Park. (Press & Journal)