'Brighton make formal O'Riley bid' - gossip

Brighton & Hove Albion have made a formal bid for 23-year-old Celtic midfielder Matt O'Riley and, with nothing yet agreed, talks are set to continue over the coming days. (Sky Sports)

Brighton are prepared to shatter the £25m Scottish transfer record Arsenal paid Celtic for Kieran Tierney to land midfielder Matt O’Riley and are confident of securing a deal to land the 23-year-old from the Scottish champions. (Daily Mail)

Brighton have agreed personal terms in principle with Matt O'Riley but are now negotiating a fee with Celtic, who want a club-record fee of £25m plus an additional £5m in add-ons for the midfielder. (HITC)

Brighton have targeted Celtic's Matt O’Riley and fellow midfielder Ferdi Kadioglu, currently with Fenerbahce, now that they have completed the signing of forward Georginio Rutter from Leeds United for a £40m fee. (Fabrizio Romano on X)

If Brighton secure the signing of Matt O'Riley from Celtic, Napoli are ready to proceed with the capture of 23-year-old Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour from the Premier League club. (Fabrizio Romano on X)

Leicester City are among the clubs monitoring Celtic midfielder Reo Hatate and the 26-year-old Japan international is keen on moving to the Premier League this summer, while there is also interest from Spain and Italy. (Chris Wheatley on X)

Fulham have conceded defeat in their attempt to sign 27-year-old Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay from Manchester United and have instead agreed a deal for Sander Berge from Burnley for £20m plus £5m in bonuses, with the Norwegian due for a medical on Tuesday. (The Athletic)

Manchester United will only consider a summer exit for Scott McTominay if the Scotland midfielder, who has attracted plenty of interest but for whom there have been no formal bids, makes it clear to the club he wants to leave Old Trafford. (Sky Sports)

Scott McTominay has decided he does not want to head to Turkey this summer, which rules both Galatasaray and Fenerbahce out of the running to sign the Manchester United and Scotland midfielder. (TeamTalk)

Scotland striker Kevin Nisbet is wanted by Aberdeen, who want to see if a potential loan deal can be agreed with the 27-year-old having fallen down the pecking order with Millwall. (Daily Record)

Millwall and Standard Liege are among a number of clubs who have registered their interest in signing Hibernian centre-half Rocky Bushiri, the 24-year-old who could be available for a cut-price fee in the region of £250,000. (Football Insider)

Sturm Graz sports director Andreas Schicker has insisted they want to keep Scotland Under-21 right-back Max Johnston despite the 20-year-old being linked with either a loan or permanent move to Oxford United, Stoke City and Swansea City. (Daily Record)

Dundee need to add to their squad as they only had four outfield substitutes on Saturday, but manager Tony Docherty stresses he is insisting on quality rather than quantity. (The Courier)

Former Rangers manager Michael Beale says he took a wage cut to return to Ibrox as manager from Queens Park Rangers but would not have taken the job had he known that so many key figures would leave the club. (Mindset for Sport podcast)

Former manager Michael Beale says Fashion Sakala was the only forward he wanted to keep during last summer's high turnover of players with Rangers but that the Zambia international had a much better offer from Al Fayha. (Mindset for Sport podcast)

Former manager Michael Beale has revealed that, although Nicolas Raskin was a free agent, Rangers paid £800,000 for his services, while fellow midfielder Todd Cantwell was completely free. (Mindset for Sport podcast)

The Scottish FA has informed St Johnstone that referee Matthew MacDermid did not blow for a foul before Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers scored the opening goal during Saturday's Premier Sports Cup match at Hampden Park. (The Herald)

Rangers are on course to be back at Ibrox by the end of next month after taking delivery of the third and final shipment of steel in the timescale outlined by chairman John Bennett for renovation of the Copland Stand. (Daily Record)