Rangers are under no pressure to sell Olwethu Makhanya in the next 12 months, but the 22-year-old South Africa centre-back is attracting plenty of interest from Italy and Spain. Brentford and Sunderland had scouts at Rangers’ win over Kilmarnock on Saturday, according to the latest Scottish gossip.
Makhanya, a summer arrival at Ibrox, has been highlighted alongside Rangers midfielder Vanja Dragojevic as one of the players with the greatest potential in a new study by TransferRoom. The platform provides clubs with live market intelligence to aid recruitment.
Former Rangers youth winger Josh McPake’s recent fine form and Scotland call-up followed a discussion with Heart of Midlothian head coach Wouter Vrancken about why the 25-year-old had been omitted from their European squad.
Rangers academy centre-half David Odunukan is being considered for an England call-up. The 15-year-old was born in London but moved to Scotland as an infant and has been involved in Scotland Under-16 training camps.
New Scotland centre-half Luke Graham was with St Johnstone before joining Dundee, who sold him for £2m to Stoke City this summer. New head of academy Paul McDonald is determined to ensure the Perth club do not lose such talent again.
Former Celtic, Hibernian and Scotland forward Derek Riordan has revealed he could have signed for Rangers twice, but the Ibrox club refused to offer enough money.
Rangers medical staff have given Dujon Sterling the all-clear to feature against Dundee on Saturday after he was struck down with illness before the weekend win over Kilmarnock.
Police Scotland is actively considering whether to deploy facial recognition technology to tackle football-related violence, the country’s top police officer has said.
Former striker Chris Sutton insists Celtic are too big to write off this season’s Europa League campaign and has backed misfiring striker Kasper Hogh to come good on the big stage against Benfica.