'St Mirren poised to keep caretaker McLeish in charge' - gossip

St Mirren are reportedly poised to keep caretaker Craig McLeish in charge for the rest of the season as two Rangers centre-backs are linked with Ibrox exits this summer.

St Mirren caretaker manager Craig McLeish is poised to remain in post for the last seven games of the season, with former Dundee manager Tony Docherty assisting, after target Carl Robinson was not in a position to take the job immediately. (Daily Record)

Gennaro Gattuso’s former team-mate, Marco Materazzi, believes the Italy head coach will manage Rangers one day because of the former Ibrox midfielder’s love for the club. (Hajper)

Ferencvaros chief executive Pal Orosz has said head coach Robbie Keane, who has been linked with Celtic, would go with the club’s blessing – if he got the Tottenham Hotspur job. (The National)

Ferencvaros head coach Robbie Keane has been installed as the new favourite to be the Celtic manager ahead of Motherwell’s Jens Berthel Askou by a leading UK bookmaker. (Football Insider)

Former Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says that, after shortlived spells with Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest, he will only accept a managerial role if it allows him to come on board at the start of pre-season. (Glasgow Times)

With Rangers unwilling to pay Wolverhampton Wanderers’ £8 buyout clause for on-loan centre-half Nasser Djiga, there is little chance of the 23-year-old remaining at Ibrox and former club Red Star Belgrade are plotting to re-sign him in the summer. (Sport Klub)

Rangers could bank a record fee for Emmanuel Fernandez this summer with the 24-year-old attracting interest from Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, West Ham United, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. (TeamTalk)

Bournemouth are happy to sell Julian Araujo, the 24-year-old right-back on loan to Celtic, this summer. (Football Insider)

Fares Ghedjemis’ agent says Frosinone could be prepared to sell the 23-year-old forward, who was pursued by Celtic in January, this summer despite planning to take up an option to extend his contract (TuttoMercatoWeb via Daily Record)

Wolves are well-placed to beat Celtic and Rangers to the signing of 21-year-old Hacken midfielder Silas Andersen this summer. (Football Insider)

Nathan Patterson is putting talks on his Everton future with manager David Moyes on hold and concentrating on securing a place in Scotland’s World Cup squad despite the 24-year-old right-back struggling for game time with the Premier League club. (The Scotsman)

Dundee United midfielder Emmanuel Agyei, who is being monitored by Ghana head coach Otto Addo, has revealed he had trials with Nottingham Forest while the 21-year-old was with Dreams in his homeland before joining Ashdod. (The Courier)

Heart of Midlothian are bracing themselves to lose one of their brightest young talents, with Arsenal and Manchester City leading Premier League interest in highly-rated 17-year-old defender Alfie Osborne. (TeamTalk)

Brazil legends Romario and Ronaldo have criticised legendary head coach Carlo Ancelotti for snubbing veteran forward Neymar in the lead up to playing Scotland in the World Cup. (The National)

Moldova head coach Lilian Popescu says in-form Dundee United centre-half Iurie Iovu is not in his latest squad because he did not shine in previous matches. (The Courier)

Japan forward Daizen Maeda admits he cannot wait to face his Celtic teammates at Hampden this week on international duty against Scotland. (The National)

Andy Gould has become the second senior member of the Scottish FA’s youth strategy team to quit his post, the chief football officer ending 30 years with the governing body to become a high performance specialist with Fifa. (The Herald)

Plans have been unveiled for a statue of Celtic legend Jim Craig in the Govan area of Glasgow. (Glasgow Times)

Rangers are prepared to spend more on VAR technology if it means a general driving up of refereeing standards in the country. (Scottish Sun)

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