Rangers talk to Martin alternatives - gossip

Rangers' decision-makers are already speaking to alternatives to Russell Martin – despite the board throwing their faith behind the under-fire head coach. (Record), external

Nicolas Raskin's best friend from his homeland, Walid Cheref, who now plays for lower league club Crisnee, says he knows there is a lot of interest from other clubs in the Belgium midfielder who has fallen out of favour with Rangers head coach Martin. (National - subscription required), external

Barry Ferguson says he would have signed striker Lawrence Shankland from Hearts, midfielder Josh Mulligan, then of Dundee and now of Hibernian, and Vaclav Cerny, who was on loan to Rangers from Wolfsburg, had he been given the Ibrox head coach job permanently this summer. (Go Radio via Glasgow Times, external)

Former Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson has confirmed he has officially left the Ibrox club's academy after being drafted back into the club's youth set-up earlier this year. (Herald - subscription required), external

Celtic will agree a contract extension with Kelechi Iheanacho down the line if the striker, who signed until the end of the season, continues to score goals. (Football Insider), external

Hibernian have held talks with Steven Fletcher with a view to taking for the 38-year-old former Scotland striker back to Easter Road after his release by Wrexham. (Record), external

Hibs are definitely still in the market for a free agent striker to bolster their forward options, but a dream Easter Road return for former favourite Fletcher is not on the cards, according to senior figures at the Edinburgh club. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription required), external

Heart of Midlothian forward Kenneth Vargas has returned to former club Herediano for the next three months on loan as he was not going to get any playing time at Tynecastle, but the 23-year-old will return in January to find a European club. (Kevin Jimenez on X), external

Talks earlier this year between Hearts and Cammy Devlin to extend the midfielder's contract beyond next summer have not been followed up and head coach Derek McInnes says the Edinburgh club need a sign that the 27-year-old wants to commit his future to them. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription required), external