Scottish Football Transfer Gossip: Celtic and Rangers Updates
This BBC Sport gossip roundup covers multiple transfer developments involving Scottish Premiership clubs Celtic and Rangers. Celtic are reportedly close to signing Paderborn midfielder Mika Baur for £4m, with personal terms agreed. Meanwhile, Celtic have agreed a deal in principle to sell forward Daizen Maeda to Ipswich Town for an initial £8m (potentially rising to £10m). Celtic are also bracing for Premier League bids for right-back Alistair Johnston and have inquired about AEK Athens left-back James Penrice. On the Rangers side, a £4.7m transfer for Partizan midfielder Vanja Dragojević appears unofficially confirmed via a social media post. Rangers also face competition from AC Milan for Troyes defender Sankhoun Diawara and are monitoring Manchester United full-back James Overy. Other items include Kelechi Iheanacho's move to Bursaspor and Brighton rejecting a bid for Amario Cozier-Duberry.
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