Recovering Murray hopes to earn Dundee deal - gossip

Veteran Scottish Premiership striker targets new contract on long road back to fitness as former Celtic player has advice on how to get the best out of record signing...

Former Celtic midfielder Vidar Riseth urges his former club to supply misfiring striker Kasper Hogh with more crosses and is sure manager Martin O'Neill can come through a sticky spell, calling his old boss "one of the great coaches". ( Scottish Sun , external )

Ex- Celtic striker Frank McAvennie has apologised after criticising Auston Trusty for missing games after the death of his father. ( Glasgow Times , external )

Swansea City defender Stephen Welsh is an injury concern for Scotland after being forced off after just 23 minutes in last night's 3-1 defeat at Portsmouth. ( Scottish Sun , external )

After wearing the armband consistently for the past two years Hibernian forward Martin Boyle shrugs off new manager Marink Reedijk's decision to make Felix Passlack his captain, saying: "It didn't affect me one single bit."

Taken off with cramp after coming on as a first-half substitute in Sunday's League Cup semi-final defeat to Hibs, Yan Dhanda says his lack of minutes for Hearts this season has been "tough mentally" and vows "give everything" in the final year of his contract. ( Edinburgh Evening News , external )