RANGERS look set to announce Mark Allen as the club’s new Director of Football.
Various outlets are reporting that the Manchester City academy chief is the man the Ibrox board have chosen for the key position. (Evening Times / Daily Record)
Manchester City academy director Mark Allen has been appointed the new director of football at Rangers. [@Matt_Law_DT] pic.twitter.com/qEY5VRIdr6
— City Watch (@City_Watch) June 14, 2017
In a summer of rebuilding at the club, approaches to bring Graham Dorrans and Jamie Walker to the club have so far been rebuffed by Norwich City and Hearts respectively, but talks are ongoing for Pedro Caixinha’s latest targets. (Evening Times)
Celtic have entered the race to sign Adnan Januzaj.
The Manchester United winger has spent time on loan at Dortmund and Sunderland after initially impressing at Old Trafford.
Brendan Rodgers will face competition for his signing, however, from the likes of Roma and Monaco (Press & Journal)
In other news from Parkhead, Scott Allan has revealed he chose to leave the club as he felt he had no chance of breaking into the first team.
The former Dundee United and Hibs midfielder has joined Dundee on a season-long loan deal. (The Herald)
He could find himself playing alongside Charlie Adam, after a deleted tweet from the Stoke midfielder sparked rumours of a move ‘home.’
Last night the life-long Dundee fan tweeted: “I’m coming home, I’m coming home. Tell the world that I’m coming home…” (lyrics to the P Diddy song) before deleting it. (Evening Telegraph)
He has since distanced himself from the tweet.
This tweet I've been sent was not posted by me … ??
— Charlie Adam (@Charlie26Adam) June 15, 2017
The Daily Record reports that the Hoops’ swoop for Jonny Hayes is set to be completed in the next 48 hours.
The Aberdeen winger will cost the Glasgow club £1.3m, with Ryan Christie heading to Pittodrie on loan next season as part of the deal.
Meanwhile, Sunderland’s chief executive Martin Bain has been given permission by the Dons to open talks with manager Derek McInnes.
Bain may even jet out to Florida, where McInnes is currently on holiday, to seal the deal.
Aberdeen will settle for £800,000 in compensation, according to the Daily Record.
Ross County are braced for a fresh bid from Burton Albion for Premiership top scorer Liam Boyce.
The Staggies rejected a bid that fell below the Northern Ireland international’s £500,000 release clause earlier this week. (Press & Journal)
Jason Cummings is close to being announced as a Nottingham Forest player, according to local media reports.
The Nottingham Post say the Scotland under-21 striker has completed a medical ahead of a £1 million move from Hibs.
Liverpool have been warned Roma’s ex-Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah will not come cheap.
The Italian club’s sporting director Monchi, quoted in the Daily Telegraph, warned: “For Salah there is an offer from an English club but the price will be set by Roma, not the buyers. Roma is not a supermarket.”
Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski is another Serie A star who could be Anfield-bound, with the Daily Express reporting Liverpool and Tottenham are both interested.
Across the city, Everton are also stepping up their summer transfer business with a reported shopping spree in Italy.
Comments from club scout Carlo Jacomuzzi to Italian radio station CRC, in which he admits AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca and Napoli counterpart Duvan Zapata are “interesting options”, are widely quoted in the local and national press.
The pair represent an either/or option, while Jacomuzzi is also quoted as saying there will be no move for Napoli pair Dries Mertens and Faouzi Ghoulam.
Elsewhere in Serie A, new Inter Milan coach Luciano Spalletti would not be drawn on speculation linking his Croatia winger Ivan Perisic with Manchester United.
Inter must raise money to comply with financial fair play regulations and Perisic could reportedly bring in up to £50m – and command wages at United of around £100,000 a week – with striker Mauro Icardi another linked with a move away from the club.
But Spalletti, who was unveiled at Inter on Wednesday having been appointed last week, is widely quoted as saying: “I’ll avoid answering on Mauro and Perisic for now.”
Finally, the Sun reports Leicester strikers Jamie Vardy and Ahmed Musa are both targets for a Fenerbahce side possibly needing to replace some or all of Emmanuel Emenike, Moussa Sow and Robin van Persie.
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