Here is some of the latest news involving Celtic and Glasgow Rangers less than a month before the transfer window opens.
RB Leipzig have become the latest club to register an interest in Celtic striker Moussa Dembele and have a plan that they hope will tempt the 20-year-old to sign with them, the Daily Mail reports.
The Frenchman is attracting plenty of attention from the Premier League, as well as from Bayern Munich, the Mail reports, but the Bundesliga leaders hope that the promise of first-team football will boost their chances of bagging his signature.
Celtic’s Moussa Dembele
Hoops chief executive Peter Lawwell has suggested that if Celtic were playing in the Premier League, they would be considered the biggest club in Britain, the Evening Times reports.
Lawwell suggested that they have the infrastructure that would allow them to compete with the biggest clubs south of the border.
“If we played in a football league like the English Premier League, I think we could be the biggest,” he said, as reported by the Evening Times. “Because there is no barrier then; we have the whole bit so there would be no barrier to where we could go.”
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers
Motherwell captain Stephen McManus has suggested that Celtic have already got the Scottish Premiership title wrapped up, The Scottish Sun reports.
The Hoops claimed a dramatic 4-3 win over Well at the weekend, and now sit eight points clear with three games in hand over their nearest rivals, which has prompted the former Bhoys skipper McManus to suggest the race is already over.
He said, as reported by The Scottish Sun: “Listen, for me the league is done. Who else is going to win it?”
Ruben Micael
Meanwhile, the Sunday Mail has suggested that Rangers want to sign former Portugal international Ruben Micael as a replacement for the injured Niko Kranjcar.
The 30-year-old, who currently plays for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, is now free to move following their recent relegation from the Chinese Super League, the Mail adds.
Aberdeen ace Mark Reynolds has insisted that he had no problem with Joe Garner’s style of play after the pair enjoyed some tussles during the defeat to Rangers at the weekend, the Daily Record reports.
The fiery encounter saw both sides reduced to 10 men before the full-time whistle, but Reynolds suggested that Garner did not cross a line at any stage.
“He puts himself about but he takes it as well. I had a few hits on him but he doesn’t seem to moan. He just gets on with it,” he said, as reported by the Record.
Rangers’ Joe Garner
Finally, the founder of the Espanyol Rangers Supporters Club has explained that the similarities between the two sides in comparison with their local rivals is what has led several supporters of the La Liga outfit to take the Gers to their hearts, the Daily Record reports.
“We feel Espanyol are mirrored with Rangers in terms of the economic situation, but also because of the atmosphere, loyalty, passion and the colour blue that both teams share,” the founder – named as Andy by the Record – explained after 20 Espanyol fans watched the Light Blues’ win over Aberdeen at Ibrox.
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