'Celtic make £1.7m offer for Guingamp's Sidibe' - gossip

Celtic have made an initial offer of £1.7m for midfielder Kalidou Sidibe, currently in the French second tier with Guingamp, but they face competition from Ipswich Town, PSV Eindhoven, Toulouse and Grasshoppers for the 26-year-old who is soon to be a Mali international (Africa Foot)

Celtic are set to block any move for Cameron Carter-Vickers this summer as the 27-year-old centre-half remains a crucial part of manager Brendan Rodgers' plans for the future. (Football Insider)

Mystery continues to surround Celtic midfielder Odin Thiago Holm, with the 22-year-old still unavailable for his debut selection on loan to Los Angeles despite recovering from injury. (The National)

Rennes have targeted Udinese's Florian Thauvin and Union Saint-Gilloise's Franjo Ivanovic as possible summer replacements with Kyogo Furuhashi having failed to fit into new head coach Habib Beye's style of play after the Japan striker's January transfer from Celtic. (Jeunes Footeux)

Celtic could make £6.7m this summer after transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano suggested their former right-back, Jeremie Frimpong, could leave Bayer Leverkusen in the summer with many clubs interested and having a £33.7m release clause. (Glasgow Times)

St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has confirmed he missed out on signing Norwegian striker Runar Espejord earlier this month but has not dismissed the possibility of a further attempt to secure the 29-year-old, who only signed a one-year contract with Haugesund after leaving Bodo/Glimt. (The Courier)

Only one of the nine players signed by Dunfermline Athletic in January was the personal choice of now sacked head coach Michael Tidser, with the others being earmarked by John Colquhoun using data analysis on behalf of the Scottish Championship club's new American owners. (The Courier)

Sheffield-born George Hirst has described his maiden Scotland call-up as a "dream come true" after switching allegiance from England, with father David, who played for England, telling the Ipswich Town 26-year-old to go make his Scottish grandfather proud. (The Scotsman)

Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, who has 80 caps, has revealed he has been winding up former Liverpool forward Kenny Dalglish over his bid to shatter his record of 102 international appearances. (Scottish Sun)

Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn, who surpassed Ally McCoist's international goals tally by scoring his 20th for Scotland to move into fifth overall, has set his sights on surpassing the all-time record of 30 held by Denis Law and Kenny Dalglish. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Rangers winger Vaclav Cerny has described as "absurd" the Police Scotland probe after he celebrated Hamza Igamane's dramatic late winner at Celtic Park on Sunday by allegedly spraying water into a section of the home fans behind the away dugout. (Daily Record)

The special powers that Police Scotland officers were handed in a bid to prevent crowd trouble breaking out at the Edinburgh derby match at the start of this month and the Old Firm game last weekend are set to remain in use for the foreseeable future. (The Herald)