{"id":551515,"date":"2026-04-26T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/551515\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:09:08","slug":"celtic-consider-ambitious-move-for-manager-frank-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/551515\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic consider ambitious move for manager Frank &#8211; gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic have set their sights on a move to appoint Thomas Frank but the former Tottenham and Brentford manager would need some convincing to come to Scotland. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/celtic-line-up-ambitious-thomas-frank-appointment-as-new-manager-in-summer\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bologna are stepping up their interest in Kilmarnock midfielder David Watson, according to reports in Italy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/26052871.serie-side-set-make-transfer-move-kilmarnocks-david-watson\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Herald &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Rangers player and coach Jimmy Nicholl reckons Rangers would be in safe hands with Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pierce Charles, with the 20-year-old heavily linked with a move to Ibrox. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/rangers-land-pierce-charles-transfer-37066279\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The SPFL hope to make a call on the latest Old Firm away tickets row by Monday evening, with Rangers complaining after Celtic refused to hand over the 2,200 allocation for the 10 May derby unless the Union Bears ultras group are barred. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/spfl-set-rangers-celtic-ticket-37070488\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aston Villa are ready to move for Scotland midfielder Ryan Christie, 31, who has one year remaining on his Bournemouth contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16194571\/aston-villa-cash-splash-scotland-john-mcginn-ryan-christie\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dunfermline boss Neil Lennon reckons the fact bookings from a league campaign are not wiped before the play-offs is &#8220;draconian&#8221; and &#8220;abysmal&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16193911\/neil-lennon-blasts-draconian-rule-dunfermline-boss-lets-rip\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic have set their sights on a move to appoint Thomas Frank but the former Tottenham and Brentford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-551515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}