‘Rangers agree £800,000 potential fee for Penrice’ – gossip

Rangers will reportedly pay less than £1m for James Penrice should he sign permanently next summer, while Yang Hyun-jun says he is staking his career by missing Celtic games to play for South Korea.

Rangers will have to pay just £800,000 to sign James Penrice on a permanent contract should they take up their option to buy the 27-year-old on-loan AEK Athens left-back next summer. (Daily Record)

Celtic are relaxed about holding on to Benjamin Nygren next summer despite the 25-year-old Sweden midfielder having admitted there was plenty of interest during the last transfer window. (Football Insider)

Celtic have shown negligence by failing to nurture a successor to captain Callum McGregor as the 33-year-old midfield general nears the end of his contract, according to former Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness. (Football Insider)

Celtic winger Yang Hyun-jun believes he has staked his “entire footballing career” on helping South Korea win the Asian Cup – he will receive an exemption from military duty if South Korea lift the trophy for the fourth time in a row – as it meant the 24-year-old missed crucial games with the Scottish champions. (The National)

St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has revealed that Taylor Steven explored his options away from McDiarmid Park this summer before the 21-year-old winger earned a starting place for the last three matches. (The Courier)

St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has admitted that he felt the need to have a “strong conversation” with Daniel Finlayson after leaving the 25-year-old defender out his side for three games before his return against Celtic. (The Courier)

Former Celtic winger Daniel Arzani believes he has nothing to prove when he returns to Parkhead on Thursday with Ferencvaros, the 27-year-old pointing out his spell with the Scottish champions was marred by a cruciate ligament injury on his debut. (Scottish Sun)

Former England striker Jermain Defoe has disclosed that then manager Steven Gerrard‘s suggestion that Rangers were “the nearest thing I’ve seen to Liverpool Football Club” persuaded him to join the Ibrox club from Bournemouth in 2020. (The Warm-up)

Jermain Defoe is “100 per cent” open to returning to Rangers as a coach or manager. (The Warm-up)