{"id":296957,"date":"2025-11-17T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296957\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:34:08","slug":"scottish-gossip-nancy-rossi-raskin-tavernier-schmeichel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296957\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish gossip: Nancy, Rossi, Raskin, Tavernier, Schmeichel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic are edging closer to securing Columbus Crew head coach Wilfried Nancy as their new manager after a weekend of talks with a view to getting a deal over the line before the Scottish champions&#8217; annual meeting on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/wilfried-nancy-celtic-edges-closer-36256816\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Uruguay capped forward Diego Rossi could be Wilfried Nancy&#8217;s first signing should he become Celtic manager, with the 27-year-old Columbus Crew top scorer hinting he would like to return to Europe at the end of the current Major League Soccer campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/wilfried-nancy-clear-first-celtic-36252942\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers head coach Danny Rohl would be reluctant to cash in on midfielder Nicolas Raskin in January, with Tottenham Hotspur one of the clubs interested in signing the Belgium 24-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/danny-rohls-stance-on-nicolas-raskin-joining-tottenham-revealed\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers should make captain James Tavernier an offer to stay at Ibrox beyond the end of his current deal which expires at the end of the season, says former Ibrox winger David Templeton. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/james-tavernier-needs-new-rangers-36255651\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A sickness bug has disrupted \u00adDenmark plans for the make\u2011or\u2011break World Cup \u00adqualifier against Scotland in Glasgow on Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/16\/denmark-hit-by-sickness-bug-before-crunch-world-cup-qualifier-with-scotland\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Guardian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Denmark do not deserve to qualify for the World Cup after Saturday&#8217;s &#8220;disaster&#8221; of a 2-2 draw at home to Belarus, according to one of their own players, forward Gustav Isaksen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/sport\/25625515.scotland-foes-denmark-dont-deserve-qualify-world-cup\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Herald), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has criticised his Denmark team-mates for underestimating Belarus before Saturday&#8217;s draw in Copenhagen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/25625403.schmeichel-slams-denmark-teammates-ahead-scotland-clash\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Glasgow Times), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Centre-half Paul Hanlon is adamant it is too early for him to throw his hat into the ring to take over the Raith Rovers manager&#8217;s job on a permanent basis despite being put in interim charge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/5373146\/paul-hanlon-permanent-raith-rovers-manager-vote\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The Courier), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic are edging closer to securing Columbus Crew head coach Wilfried Nancy as their new manager after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-296957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}