guards are waiting for Sevilla midfielder Joan Jordan to approve his move to Ibrox after they had a bid accepted for their number one transfer target. (Daily record)
Boss Philippe Clement hopes James Tavernier will be a guards player next season – but would not welcome the possibility of Heart of Midlothian striker Lawrence Shankland joining him at Ibrox. (Scottish Sun)
Manager Brendan Rodgers is sweating over Daizen Maeda’s injury after the Japanese striker was substituted early in Celtic’s friendly against Chelsea following a first-half clash with Reece James. (Scottish Sun)
Leicester City are one of a number of clubs interested in signing Scottish striker Ben Doak from Liverpool on loan or permanently. (Sunday Mail)
Old guards left-back Gregory Vignal is concerned that new signing Clinton Nsiala – the 20-year-old centre-back signed from AC Milan – will not have the leaders in the Ibrox dressing room to ease him into Scottish football. (Daily Mail)
Coach David Gray says he would like to sign a new striker before HibernianPremiership opener against St Mirren next weekend. (The Scotsman)
Bojan Miovski was left on the bench again for Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin for the game against Dumbarton, with Spanish club Espanyol joining Italian Serie A sides Genoa and Bologna in having an interest in the striker. (Press and Newspaper)
Former Rangers midfielder John Fleck has been training at the Auchenhowie base as he considers his future after an injury-plagued season at Blackburn Rovers. (Daily record)
Jort van der Sande’s arrival appears to have knocked former Celtic and Hearts striker Tony Watt down the team pecking order. Dundee United. (The mail)
Former Ibrox striker Kris Boyd says fellow pundit Chris Sutton “got it right” when he doubted aspiring playmaker Todd Cantwell had the mentality to be a guards player. (Scottish Sun)
Former captain Barry Ferguson says guards “needed major surgery for some time now” and that Clement is showing that he is brave enough to carry it out. (Daily record)
