{"id":177007,"date":"2025-12-10T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/177007\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:56:07","slug":"english-clubs-enquire-about-hibs-josh-mulligan-scottish-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/177007\/","title":{"rendered":"English clubs enquire about Hibs&#8217; Josh Mulligan &#8211; Scottish gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest and Leeds United have made initial enquiries for Hibernian midfielder Josh Mulligan as they consider a January move for the 23-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15365083\/Nottingham-Forest-Leeds-enquiries-Scottish-star.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Heart of Midlothian midfielder Cammy Devlin, who is out of contract in the summer,  says &#8220;nothing has happened of yet&#8221; amid talks about a new deal but says he has a great relationship with sporting director Graeme Jones and his main focus is on playing well. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/hearts\/cammy-devlin-new-hearts-contract-update-star-celtic-lashing-out-5435203\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Edinburgh Evening News &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hearts chief executive Andrew McKinlay suggests there should perhaps have been a consultation with supporters before VAR was introduced in Scotland. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/hearts\/hearts-speak-out-on-var-scottish-referee-standards-and-the-football-fan-experience-5435293\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Edinburgh Evening News &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lech Poznan will only be able to afford to sign on-loan Celtic winger Luis Palma on a permanent basis for the required \u00a33.9m if they qualify for Europe next season. <a href=\"https:\/\/kanalsportowy.pl\/pilka-nozna\/imponujaca-pracowitosc-gwiazdora-lecha-nie-boi-sie-brudnej-roboty\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Kanal Sportowy), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mark Fotheringham, who was part of Celtic&#8217;s recent interim backroom staff, believes Martin O&#8217;Neill could have stayed on and managed the club long term. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15668871\/martin-oneill-celtic-built-european-force\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aberdeen have made progress under manager Jimmy Thelin, believes CEO Alan Burrows, who believes &#8220;there is still a lot to do&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/jimmy-thelin-given-aberdeen-report-36376538\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Aberdeen defender Antoine Kombouare, who coached Paris Saint-Germain to two Coupe de France triumphs, would jump at the chance of managing the Pittodrie club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/aberdeen-fc\/6911452\/antoine-kombouare-aberdeen-manager\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Press &amp; Journal &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Technical director Gordon Strachan hints Dundee will look to strengthen in defence during the January transfer window as he backed head coach Steven Pressley to lead them clear of relegation trouble. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NJFUtpmcW9U\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Open Goal), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Johnstone owner Adam Webb says the Scottish Championship leaders will back manager Simo Valakari in the January transfer window but will make focused upgrades rather than sweeping changes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/st-johnstone\/5388820\/st-johnstone-adam-webb-january-transfer-strategy\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Courier &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest and Leeds United have made initial enquiries for Hibernian midfielder Josh Mulligan as they consider a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-177007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}