{"id":659038,"date":"2026-06-26T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659038\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:54:10","slug":"hearts-braga-plays-down-transfer-talk-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659038\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts&#8217; Braga plays down transfer talk &#8211; gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hearts striker says sole focus is on Champions League qualifying despite links to France as Celtic are set to end long negotiations with coaching staff&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Striker Claudio Braga insists he is fully committed to Hearts as transfer speculation intensifies around the PFA Scotland player of the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16453038\/claudio-braga-breaks-silence-future-lyon-transfer\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scottish Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Falkirk aim to seal a loan deal for 21-year-old Ipswich Town midfielder Finley Barbrook. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/transfer-news-live-celtic-rangers-37328527\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic are expected to announce deals for coaches Mark Fotheringham and Shaun Maloney later today. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Callum7McFadden\/status\/2070146051508482108\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Callum McFadden on X), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic defender Auston Trusty insists he will be fine after rolling his ankle and being carried off on a stretcher in the USA&#8217;s World Cup defeat to Turkey. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/auston-trusty-eases-celtic-injury-37350415\" 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\">Midfielder and rumoured Rangers target Dan Neil, 24, is in advanced talks with Southampton after leaving Sunderland. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/transfer-centre?ref=ed_direct\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manager Jim Goodwin says Dundee United are closing in &#8220;one or two more&#8221; signings, having already brought in six new recruits. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/dundee-united\/5525292\/jim-goodwin-makes-dundee-united-transfer-vow\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Courier &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hearts striker says sole focus is on Champions League qualifying despite links to France as Celtic are set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659038","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\/659038","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=659038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}