Rangers face competition for Poku & Darling

Rangers face competition from 25 other clubs around Europe for out-of-contract Peterborough winger Kwame Poku. (Daily Record), externalEnglish Championship clubs Norwich City, Birmingham City and Wrexham are all interested in Rangers target Harry Darling, whose contract at Swansea City expires at the end of the month. (Scottish Sun), externalHaving left his role as Rangers assistant after just five months, Issame Charai is now favourite to become head coach at Belgian club Westerlo. (The National), externalRead the rest of Sunday's Scottish gossip.

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Daily Mail​

12 minutes ago

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The Herald Scotland

15 minutes ago

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