{"id":421132,"date":"2026-01-18T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421132\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:52:10","slug":"scottish-gossip-graham-fofana-wilson-bannan-maswanhise-bjorgolfsson-noonan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421132\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish gossip: Graham, Fofana, Wilson, Bannan, Maswanhise, Bjorgolfsson, Noonan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celtic centre-half Hayato Inamura feels ashamed about his lack of success during six months in Scottish football after the 23-year-old returned to Japan on loan to Tokyo. (The Herald), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Motherwell are one of two non-Old Firm clubs in the Scottish Premiership interested in 36-year-old Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Barry Bannan, with Millwall, Preston North End and Stoke City also tracking the Scotland cap. (The Star), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Fraser, the 31-year-old Scotland-capped winger, is in Australia to finalise a loan move to Western Sydney Wanderers from Southampton. (Daily Echo), external<\/a><\/p>\n

With second-choice goalkeeper Jack Hamilton out injured, Livingston are considering a move for Hamilton Academical 23-year-old Jamie Smith. (Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

St Johnstone have rejected a second bid for Adama Sidibeh from Stockport County, despite an increase from \u00a340,000 to six figures and the League One club hoping to secure the 27-year-old striker on a pre-contract agreement for next season. (The Courier), external<\/a><\/p>\n

St Johnstone are unlikely to agree to sell Adama Sidibeh while still short of striking options after rejecting an offer from Stockport County and with Northampton Town also interested in the Gambia international. (Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Queen’s Park have rejected a five-figure offer from French Ligue 2 club Amiens for 24-year-old striker Josh Fowler, who has also attracted interest from Aberdeen, St Mirren and an Irish club. (Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has revealed he will ditch Scotland’s World Cup opponents’ famous all-out attacking style and turn them into a defensive unit in a bid to win the tournament for the sixth time. (The National), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Columbus Crew defender Steven Moreira reckons his mentor, Wilfried Nancy, flopped at Celtic because Scottish football is awful judging by what he saw when he attended the recent Old Firm derby. (The Herald), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Falkirk chief executive Jamie Swinney has revealed that the Premiership club have voted to share the Uefa solidarity payments with last season’s second-tier counterparts even though it could end up costing them up to \u00a3100,000. (The Herald), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic centre-half Hayato Inamura feels ashamed about his lack of success during six months in Scottish football after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-421132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}