{"id":725684,"date":"2026-08-03T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725684\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:30:09","slug":"scottish-gossip-tierney-mcgregor-moore-ghedjemis-baur-hjerto-dahl-hassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725684\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Gossip: Tierney, McGregor, Moore, Ghedjemis, Baur, Hjerto-Dahl, Hassan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Martin O&#8217;Neill tips Callum McGregor as a future Celtic manager as the midfielder commits his future to the club while Steven Gerrard reveals the reasons why he did not return as Rangers boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Current boss Martin O&#8217;Neill has tipped captain Callum McGregor to one day manage Celtic after the 33-year-old midfielder removed uncertainty surrounding his future by telling chief executive Michael Nicholson he is happy to stay with the Scottish champions. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/26428695.callum-mcgregors-michael-nicholson-celtic-future-talks\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Herald, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Martin O&#8217;Neill believes Callum McGregor has what it takes to become a manager &#8211; and revealed the midfielder held summer talks with Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson over his long-term future amid reports of a possible switch to Saudi Arabia. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/celtic\/latest-celtic-news\/callum-mcgregor-holds-celtic-talks-with-michael-nicholson-as-captain-tipped-to-become-manager-8833951?cx_testId=5&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&amp;cx_artPos=0&amp;cx_experienceId=EX2NAIW0WFIR&amp;cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsK080OZDSLLXE8#cxrecs_s\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Scotsman, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic have rejected an approach from Osasuna for 29-year-old Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16635798\/celtic-rebuff-kieran-tierney-transfer-enquiry\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Sun, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Frosinone have knocked back Celtic&#8217;s opening offer of around \u00a36m for Rangers-linked Fares Ghedjemis and, although the Serie A club want to keep the 23-year-old Algeria winger, talks are ongoing between the clubs. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=12169834#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic are preparing to improve their offer for Mika Baur with a structured package worth around \u00a35m as the 22-year-old Paderborn midfielder still pushes to complete a move to Glasgow. (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HereCelts\/status\/2083932053083406837?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">CeltsAreHere, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mika Baur looks set to remain at Paderborn after a \u00a34m offer from Celtic was rejected and with head coach Ralf Kettemann telling NW Sport he expects the midfielder to stay. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/mika-baur-celtic-transfer-put-37505229\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Record, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Oviedo have rejected an offer of approximately \u00a36.2m from Lens for 24-year-old Celtic-linked winger Haissem Hassan. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.todomercadoweb.es\/futbol-internacional\/celtic-glasgow-empujando-llevarse-haissem-hassan-549501\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Velazquez via TodoMercadoweb, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hull City are set to beat Rangers and Cardiff City to sign 20-year-old midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl from Tromso. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/football\/article-16022789\/Hull-set-beat-Rangers-Cardiff-City-highly-rated-Norwegian-star-Everton-chase-Arsenal-midfielder-Christian-Norgaard-WINDOW-WATCH.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hull City have emerged as the front-runners to sign Jens Hjerto-Dahl after Rangers withdrew from the race to sign the midfielder. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/premier-league-news\/transfers\/front-runners-named-in-race-to-sign-jens-hjerto-dahl-after-rangers-twist\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Insider, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin O&#8217;Neill tips Callum McGregor as a future Celtic manager as the midfielder commits his future to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-725684","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\/725684","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=725684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}