{"id":515722,"date":"2026-03-03T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515722\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:50:08","slug":"scottish-gossip-scotland-change-world-cup-friendly-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515722\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish gossip: Scotland change World Cup friendly opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland are forced into a change of opponent for their final World Cup warm up as Rangers weigh up impact of high-profile loan signing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland have been forced to switch opponents from Peru to Venezuela for their final World Cup warm up match in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15988870\/major-change-scotland-world-cup-plans-revealed\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=ScottishSunSportTwitter&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Sun), external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An \u00a38m summer deal for Andreas Skov Olsen hangs in the balance as the 40-times capped Denmark international has flattered to deceive on loan at Rangers from Wolfsburg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/andreas-skov-olsen-faces-rangers-36806239\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A proposed return to Dundee United for 35-year-old striker Johnny Russell could provide a big lift for a struggling side, says his former Tannadice team-mate Lee Wilkie. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/dundee-united\/5443802\/lee-wilkie-dundee-united-desperate-need-lift-johnny-russell\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Courier &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Managerial target Eirik Horneland would bring &#8220;modern&#8221; football to Aberdeen if the Pittodrie board land the Norwegian, says the club&#8217;s former striker Arild Stavrum. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/aberdeen-fc\/6965176\/aberdeen-fc-managerial-target-eirik-horneland-style\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Press &amp; Journal), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Motherwell midfielder Elliot Watt has every faith he can play at a &#8220;higher standard in terms of European and international football&#8221;, while revealing the important role in his career played by a former Team GB nutritionist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15988979\/motherwell-elliot-watt-team-gb-adviser-nutrition\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers defender Clinton Nsiala, on loan at Westerlo, has publicly apologised after being sent off for violent conduct in Sunday&#8217;s game with Union Saint-Gilloise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/25900603.rangers-defender-apologises-red-card-loan-club\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Glasgow Times), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chris Condy, 16, is to leave Rangers and join Brighton, with a fee agreed for the striker. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/rising-rangers-star-set-brighton-36801755\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland are forced into a change of opponent for their final World Cup warm up as Rangers weigh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-515722","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\/515722","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=515722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}