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SPFL transfer latest: Rangers eye super league, £2m bid for Celtic star, Staggies go debt free

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There’s nothing quite like a good transfer story to get the anticipation going – and thankfully, we have a lots of those today.

Huge money moves, big name transfers and a north club who have gone debt free for the first time in 22 years of senior football.

Here are today’s top stories…

 

Top Stories

  • Dundee forward Greg Stewart is set to face Rangers despite a developing deal to take him to Birmingham. (Daily Record)
  • Greg Stewart is set to leave Dundee this week after the club agreed a £500,000 fee with Birmingham City. (Daily Record)
  • Galatasaray are back in for Celtic midfielder Stefan Johansen with reports suggesting a £2million bid has been tabled. (Various)
  • Celtic are looking to bring in Dutch goalkeeper Dorus de Vries who previously played for Dunfermline and worked with Brendan Rodgers at Swansea. (Sun)
  • Mark Warburton has forecast a radical revolution in world football, and wants the Old Firm to be part of it. The Rangers boss believes a world league could be in the pipeline in a few years time. (Daily Star)
  • The Gers have been boosted by the news that Martyn Waghorn is to return in ‘two to three weeks’ – far sooner than expected
  • Northern Ireland striker Josh Magennis has knocked back a new contract at Kilmarnock as he eyes a move to England. (Daily Star)
  • Former Celtic striker Carlton Cole, who made just five appearances during an ill-fated spell at Parkhead last season, has joined Sacramento Republic in the United Soccer League, US football’s third tier. (Daily Record)
  • Former Falkirk and Hibs striker Farid El Alagui is set for a trial with Inverness Caley Thistle this week. (Various)
  • Celtic defender Jozo Simunovic could be set for a move to Italy with Torino reportedly interested in the player. (Various in Italy)
Jozo Simunovic
Jozo Simunovic

Done Deals

  • Former Real Madrid and England defender Jonathan Woodgate has joined Liverpool’s backroom staff as a scout.
  • Chelsea’s Bertrand Traore has joined Ajax on loan until the end of the season.
  • Motherwell have signed attacking midfielder Craig Clay.
  • Donald Love and Paddy McNair have joined Sunderland from Man Utd for a combined £5.5million
  • Darnell fisher has left Celtic to join Rotherham for an undisclosed fee.

South of the Border

  • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said he will not be chasing striker Lacazette because Argentinian Jonathan Calleri has already agreed to join the club instead.
  • Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 25, has accepted that he will not be leaving Premier League champions Leicester City this season. (Guardian)
  • The Gunners are set to be told by Lyon they must pay £60m for 25-year-old striker Alexandre Lacazette.(Daily Telegraph)
  • Yannick Bolasie will complete his £25m switch from Crystal Palace to Everton in the next 24 hours. The 27-year-old DR Congo winger will earn about £90,000 a week at Goodison Park.(Daily Mirror)
  • Arsenal and Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil, 27, would relish a return to his previous club, Real Madrid. (Bild)
  • Manchester City’s 21-year-old Belgium defender Jason Denayer could move to Galatasaray permanently, after spending last season on loan at the Turkish club. (Manchester Evening News)
Jason Denayer
Jason Denayer

And Finally…

Ross County are debt-free for the first time in 22 years of senior football.

Chairman Roy MacGregor has started to put the foundations in place for his eventual successor to inherit, but has no intention of handing over the reins in the near future.

The Staggies’ latest accounts, covering the year ending June 2015, showed County turned around a £70,701 loss into a pre-tax profit of £21,914 and MacGregor confirmed the Dingwall club has since cleared all its debt.

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Roy MacGregor