{"id":479315,"date":"2026-02-14T10:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/479315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:42:09","slug":"scottish-gossip-mourinho-mctominay-tavernier-cathro-araujo-andersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/479315\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish gossip: Mourinho, McTominay, Tavernier, Cathro, Araujo, Andersen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic have no plans to make Benfica&#8217;s Jose Mourinho their next permanent manager as they seek a long-term replacement for interim manager Martin O&#8217;Neill. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/jose-mourinho-to-celtic-significant-update-on-plan-to-replace-martin-oneill\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian head coach Ian Cathro, who has been named manager of the month in Portugal&#8217;s top flight after leading Estoril to seventh place, says it would take &#8220;a lot of money&#8221; to entice him back to Scottish football as there is no other reason for such a move. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15912807\/ian-cathro-zero-interest-hearts-title-return-expensive\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Bola-Branca podcast via Scottish Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay is happy at Napoli but dreams of, sooner or later, returning to the Premier League and former club Manchester United are leading the way as English clubs look to entice the 29-year-old back home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/serie-a\/il-napoli-e-la-verita-sul-futuro-di-mctominay-il-manchester-united-sogna-il-ritorno-2200644\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Tutto Mercato Web), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic interim manager Martin O&#8217;Neill has sought to temper expectations regarding a permanent deal for on-loan 24-year-old Bournemouth right-back Julian Araujo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/us\/transfer-news\/uk-premier-league\/2026\/02\/martin-oneill-sets-record-straight-on-celtic-signing-ex-mls-star-this-summer\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Transfers), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers have a fresh chance to sign \u00a36-rated long-term target Silas Andersen after Hacken rejected a January bid from Cologne for the 21-year-old midfielder who is expected to leave this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/rangers-handed-golden-chance-sign-36719563\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic have no plans to make Benfica&#8217;s Jose Mourinho their next permanent manager as they seek a long-term&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-479315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479315","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=479315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}