{"id":706807,"date":"2026-07-23T09:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706807\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:25:10","slug":"scottish-gossip-fosso-maeda-ferry-cadden-penrice-hjerto-dahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706807\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Gossip: Fosso, Maeda, Ferry, Cadden, Penrice, Hjerto-Dahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are reportedly leading the chase to sign Ryan Fosso from Sturm Graz, while Dundee United&#8217;s Will Ferry is linked with Celtic and Aberdeen are said to want Hibernian&#8217;s Chris Cadden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are leading the chase for Sturm Graz defensive midfielder Ryan Fosso, but Levante have also tabled an offer to the 23-year-old&#8217;s representatives while Torino are among Italian clubs interested. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky-sport.ch\/fr\/articles\/mercato-rangers-fc-torino-et-levante-a-l-affut-de-ryan-fosso-sk-sturm-graz\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jens Hjerto-Dahl wishes to have more time to consider his options after Cardiff City tabled an improved bid worth \u00a37.8m &#8211; \u00a36.2m initially with \u00a31.6m in add-ons &#8211; for the 20-year-old Tromso midfielder who previously expressed a preference to join Rangers. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itromso.no\/sport\/til\/n\/k0KJLv\/bud-paa-over-100-millioner-kan-kuppe-til-juvelen\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iTromso, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cardiff City&#8217;s increased offer for Jens Hjerto-Dahl is likely to be big enough to be accepted by Tromso should minor tweaks be made, with Rangers&#8217; interest appearing to cool as they progress alternative midfield targets. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nordlys.no\/bud-over-100-millioner\/s\/5-34-2371025\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nordlys, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers are set to formalise their interest in Brighton &amp; Hove Albion winger Amario Cozier-Duberry after Anderlecht had a \u00a35m bid rejected and with Hull City, Paris FC, Red Bull Salzburg and West Ham United also keen on the 21-year-old. (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sr_collings\/status\/2079989187801976936?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Simon Collings on X, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers manager Derek McInnes reckons two signings could be completed before Sunday&#8217;s friendly against West Ham United, with another potentially following before next Friday&#8217;s league opener against Dundee United. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16587377\/derek-mcinnes-new-rangers-signings\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Sun, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">James Penrice&#8217;s representatives say Rangers are not interested in the AEK Athens right-back but there is a small window of opportunity for Celtic to sign the Scot. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qlBvuF9Oeok\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box2Box, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic are in talks with AEK Athens&#8217; former Heart of Midlothian left-back, James Penrice, with the 27-year-old open to a return to Scotland even though he would be back-up to Kieran Tierney. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/celtic-triple-transfer-arrival-mika-baur-financed-10m-maeda-sale\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TeamTalk, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dundee United 25-year-old Will Ferry is on a list of potential left-back options Celtic manager Martin O&#8217;Neill is considering. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/dundee-united\/5542387\/will-ferry-dundee-united-celtic-transfer-news\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Courier, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rangers are reportedly leading the chase to sign Ryan Fosso from Sturm Graz, while Dundee United&#8217;s Will Ferry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-706807","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\/706807","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=706807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}