Igor Tudor, who has become permanent Juventus head coach after being interim boss, has targeted two wing-backs for his 3-5-2 formation – Dan Ndoye from Bologna and Josh Doig from Sassuolo, who value the 23-year-old Scot at £12.6m. (Sport Mediaset via UltimateJuve)
Celtic have joined Lille in making contact with Rio Ave about Turkey midfielder Demir Tiknaz, with the Portuguese club aiming to trigger their option to buy the 20-year-old following last season’s loan by Tuesday’s deadline before selling him for around £8.4m – double what they would pay Besiktas. (A Bola)
PAOK have handed Greg Taylor a deadline of the end of June to decide whether to accept their contract offer as the 27-year-old Scotland left-back’s contract expires with Celtic. (Sport Dog via Sunday Mail)
New Rangers head coach Russell Martin wants reunited with midfielder Flynn Downes, who he signed for Swansea City and the 26-year-old’s current club, Southampton, but he could be thwarted by the £10m price tag, while Harry Toffolo is interested in a switch to Ibrox with the left-back poised to quit Nottingham Forest. (Scottish Sun On Sunday)
Rangers have opened talks with Leicester City over Conor Coady, who will have to take a pay cut following relegation to the Championship, but the 32-year-old centre-half’s future is also unclear because of question marks over the long-term future of team boss Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Sunday Mail)
Dor Turgeman says he is ready for his next challenge in Europe amid interest from Rangers and clubs in Italy and Spain after the £4m-rated 21-year-old striker helped Maccabi Tel Aviv win the league title in Israel. (Sport 5 via Sunday Mail)
Rangers head coach Russell Martin aims to retain Nicolas Raskin and Mohamed Diomande as he wants to keep his best players despite reported interest in the midfield duo. (Glasgow Times)
Basel, Leuven and Cincinnati have all expressed their interest in Rangers winger Ross McCausland and would all prefer a permanent transfer for the 22-year-old Northern Ireland international. (Sky Sports)
Bristol City and Swansea City are plotting to sign Empoli midfielder Liam Henderson on a free transfer, with the 29-year-old Scot out of contract this summer. (Football Insider)
Aberdeen are in talks to sign Australia striker Kusini Yengi and the 26-year-old is keen on the move with his Portsmouth contract expiring this summer. (Sky Sports)
St Mirren have their eye on 22-year-old Bournemouth goalkeeper Alex Paulsen, who has been on loan to Auckland, if they are unable to retain Zach Hemming following his loan from Middlesbrough. (Sunday Mail)
Bolton Wanderers are set to beat League One rivals Wigan Athletic and Blackpool to land Sam Dalby on a free transfer after the 25-year-old left Wrexham following his loan to Dundee United. (Football Insider)
Tomoki Iwata says he made the switch from Celtic to Birmingham City last summer because the Scottish champions had so much possession in the Scottish Premiership that they did not need his ball-winning strengths in midfield and he therefore was not picked often enough to play. (Soccer Digest Web via Daily Record)
Russell Martin says he “doesn’t see a reason” to change the Rangers captaincy, currently in possession of right-back James Tavernier, upon his return to the club as head coach. (The National On Sunday)
Issame Charai, who remains on Rangers’ coaching staff after joining in January, is the frontrunner to take over at Westerlo with Timmy Simons likely to exit the Belgian Pro League club. (DH via Sunday Mail)