'Everton eye McTominay as Inter track Ferguson' - gossip

Scott McTominay and Lewis Ferguson helped Scotland reach the World Cup finals

Scotland's Lewis Ferguson and Scott McTominay are linked with Inter Milan and Everton respectively as two Championship clubs reportedly join the admirers of Heart of Midlothian's Craig Halkett.

Inter Milan will make a move for Bologna captain and Scotland midfielder Lewis Ferguson if they sell Davide Frattesi in January. (Viale della Liberazione via Daily Record)

Everton are preparing a £62m bid to sign Scott McTominay from Napoli and build their team round the Scotland midfielder. (Fichajes)

Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End have joined the clubs eyeing up Hearts centre-half Craig Halkett, who will be a free agent at the end of the season. (Football League World)

There is a possibility Japan forward Daizen Maeda could leave Celtic in January, but it depends on the situation over the appointment of a new manager. (Fabrizio Romano via Give Me Sport)

New Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel will hold contract talks with captain Graeme Shinnie and fellow midfielder Dante Polvara over the coming weeks. (Daily Record)

Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel is confident the club will have figured out "one or two little puzzle pieces missing" before the January transfer window opens. (Press & Journal)

Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin has dismissed suggestions that embarking upon contract talks with on-loan Dunajska Streda forward Ivan Dolcek led to the 25-year-old's dip in form. (The Courier)

Newcastle United winger Harvey Barnes is not ruling out a Scotland call but says there have been no talks about switching his allegiances from England, for whom he has a single cap. (Sky Sports)

Steve Clarke is open-minded about staying on as Scotland head coach after next summer's World Cup in the wake of Tuesday's victory over Denmark that ended a 28-year wait for the national team to reach the finals again. (The Herald)

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke is currently leaning 75-25 towards stepping down after next summer's World Cup, while adding "I don't close any doors". (Daily Record)

Celtic hope to have managerial front-runner Wilfriend Nancy in the dugout in time for their visit to Hibernian on 30 November, with a compensation package of around £2m being finalised with Columbus Crew for their head coach. (TeamTalk)

Leeds United would likely have to increase their outlay on their manager if they were to replace Daniel Farke with Brendan Rodgers, with the Northern Irishman having earned £58,000 per week, £20,000 more than the German's current contract, while he was Celtic boss. (TeamTalk)

Rangers head coach Danny Rohl says he has brought in set-piece specialist Scott Fry from Lincoln City because of the amount of goals that are scored in modern football from dead ball situations. (The National)

Steve Clarke has won an average of 2.25 points per game as Scotland head coach during World Cup qualifiers and 1.94 for European qualifiers, but it drops to 1.61 when including the Nations League, friendlies and matches at Euro finals. (Transfermarkt)

Scottish FA president Mike Mulraney has revealed Scotland's World Cup qualification will bring a £10m-plus cash boost that will transform the country's football. (Scottish Sun)

Celtic's Green Brigade ultras group has accused the club of "emotional blackmail" and of using Thursday's meeting with the local council as an excuse for introducing fresh sanctions against the fans group. (Daily Record)

Hamilton Academical will appeal against the Scottish FA's decision that director of football Gerry Strain is "not fit and proper" to hold a position with the League 1 club but will not challenge the ruling over owner Seref Zengin and claim an ongoing fraud investigation does not concern "any current director or employee". (Scottish Sun)

Work has started on a statue to Celtic and Scotland legend Tommy Gemmell in his home town of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. (Glasgow Times)