Friday's Scottish football news and transfer talk. Picture: SNSFriday's Scottish football news and transfer talk. Picture: SNS
Friday's Scottish football news and transfer talk. Picture: SNS

Ex-EPL manager favourite to become next Celtic boss, Hearts ace on contract talks, Steven Gerrard's Rangers Euro admission, Aberdeen want to sign forward - Scottish Premiership Rumour Mill

It was a strange night for Scottish teams in Europe with both Celtic and Rangers failing to win.

The Ibrox side looked to be in for a great chance of pulling off a shock against Benfica despite conceding early. They led 3-1 against ten men as the game entered the final 15 minutes but blew the two-goal lead.

Back in Glasgow, Celtic recorded what can only be described as an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to Sparta Prague increasing pressure on Neil Lennon and putting the team in a very difficult position to qualify from their group with just one point from three games. The results did little to boost the country’s coefficient.

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