Muscat focused on current job amid Rangers link - gossip

Kevin Muscat has been in charge of Shanghai Port since December

Rangers-linked manager focused on current job as Scotland midfielder is hounded for Aston Villa v Celtic tickets...

Kevin Muscat is focused on his current job as Shanghai Port manager and their Asian Champions League campaign amid fresh speculation linking him with former club Rangers. (Record)

Philippe Clement's position as Rangers manager is safe at least until after Thursday's Europa League meeting with Nice as there are no plans for an immediate decision on his future despite Saturday's home draw with Dundee United. (Football Insider)

Rangers' Dutch defender Robin Propper reflects on the lack of "patience" in Scottish football and the prevalence of "long balls". (Sun)

Former Romania striker Adrian Illie, who is a friend of the family, has claimed Rangers midfielder Ianis Hagi could sign for Borussia Monchengladbach in a £2m transfer in January. (National)

Meanwhile, Rangers are edging closer to the signing of Hearts and Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland, who is out of contract next summer, in the January transfer window, with a possible cut-price deal on the cards. (Football Insider)

Hearts head coach Neil Critchley encourages out of favour players Liam Boyce and Andres Salazar not to lose faith and indicates they will get their chance. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription)

Critchley has "so many things" he wants to discuss with new Hearts sporting director Graeme Jones. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription)

James Forrest believes Celtic team-mate Nicolas Kuhn is close to a Germany call-up. (Herald - subscription)

The noise the Celtic Park crowd make on Champions League nights is "guttural and animalistic", says Celtic right-back and vice-captain Alistair Johnston. (Record)

Ardon Jashari, the midfielder who was linked with Celtic in the summer of 2023 before joining Club Bruges for £6m from Luzern, says the Belgian side must silence the home crowd in Wednesday's Champions League game in Glasgow. (Daily Record)

Aston Villa and Scotland midfielder John McGinn is being hounded by friends and family for tickets for Celtic's Champions League visit to Villa Park later this season. (Sun)

McGinn admits reports that a transfer to Celtic fell through before he joined Aston Villa from Hibernian in 2018 annoy him, but the 30-year-old adopts a "never say never" approach to joining his boyhood club sometime in the future. (Scottish Football Social Club)

The money needed for Aberdeen's proposed move to a new ground has risen from £50m to £80m. (Sun)

Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie believes it's "madness" to "talk about title challenges in October and November". (Record)

Jimmy Thelin is not allowing himself to be fooled by Hibernian's early season struggles before his Aberdeen side's Tuesday trip to Easter Road. (Press and Journal - subscription)

Hibernian head coach David Gray admits goalkeeper Josef Bursik is "going through a real difficult moment". (Scotsman - subscription)

Training ground work was behind St Johnstone's first headed goal of the season in Saturday's 1-0 win over Kilmarnock and manager Simo Valakari hopes for more. (Courier - subscription)

Former West Ham United manager David Moyes is on Leicester City's shortlist along with Graham Potter and Ruud van Nistelrooy after the Premier League club sacked Steve Cooper on Sunday. (Football Insider)