Scottish Premiership
Player reportedly makes decision after training with Rangers and Manchester United
Rangers, West Ham United and Manchester United will miss out on Adrian Akande, according to All Nigeria Soccer. It has been reported that the 16-year-old has signed a scholarship deal with Swansea City. The winger trained with Manchester United, Rangers, West Ham and Hoffenheim, but he has decided not to move to these clubs as he aims to make his professional debut within two years, according to the report. All Nigeria Soccer has reported that Akande’s scholarship deal with take effect from July 1, 2020, and that the agreement will be made professional from October 22 when he turns 17 and will see him stay at Swansea until the summer of 2023. One for the future Akande may not have been given a scholarship deal by Chelsea, as reported by All Nigeria Soccer, but there is no doubt that the Ni...
Report: Rangers stance on Celtic being crowed champions now
According to The Daily Record, Rangers will not object to Celtic bring crowed champions of Scotland. Rangers are as many as 13 points behind leaders and bitter Old Firm rivals Celtic in second place in the Scottish Premiership table at the moment. Steven Gerrard’s side have a game in hand, and there are also two Old Firm derbies left to be played this season. The Scottish Premiership is suspended at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the divisions below all have been called off. The Daily Record has reported that Rangers will not object if it is decided that the Scottish top flight will end now, with Celtic crowned champions of Scotland. All the 12 top-flight clubs have decided that they will not stop in the way of Celtic being declared champions and Heart of Midlothian being ...
Former Rangers defender urges player to leave Celtic on loan
Former Rangers right-back Alan Hutton has told Football Insider that Celtic will send Marian Shved out on loan in the summer transfer window. Hutton, who started his professional club football career at Rangers before moving to Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa, believes that it is important that Shved starts playing regular first-team football from now. Hutton told Football Insider about Shved when asked about a loan exit: “I would have thought so. You can’t just sit there and train all day. “They’ll be hoping in the summer that other options either in England or even in Scotland come up for him so he can jump to it and get back. “You need to play, just sitting about doing nothing for half a season or a season is no good to anybody. It’s important that he goes out and play...
BBC pundit reacts to new statement from Rangers today
Tam McManus has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to a new statement from Rangers today. The former Hibernian and Dundee forward, who now works as a pundit for BBC Sport, has praised Rangers for backing down in their feud with the SPFL over the way voting was conducted for the divisions below the Scottish Premiership to be called off. As reported by BBC Sport, there will be no independent inquiry into the SPFL’s voting process as called by Rangers. That’s because, according to the report, 27 clubs voted against it, with 13 clubs voted in favour of, and there were two abstentions. Rangers have released a statement on their official website following the vote on their official website, and McManus has responded to it. A huge but I think wise backdown from Rangers in their latest statemen...
Report: Tottenham Hotspur among 5 English clubs keeping tabs on Celtic teen talent
Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester United are among the clubs interested in signing Celtic youngster Daniel Kelly, according to The Glasgow Evening Times. It has been reported that Premier League giants United have scouted the 15-year-old, who is a box-to-box midfielder. The report has claimed that Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Leicester City are also keeping tabs on the teenager. Celtic want to keep hold of the highly rated and hugely promising youngster, and have offered him terms on his first pre-professional contract amid interest from clubs in England, according to the report. Celtic stay Celtic are a massive club and have a very good youth academy, and it would make sense for Kelly to stay at the Hoops for now. True, the likes of Tottenham, United and Chelsea are globa...
