The Rumour Mill: Tuesday’s football news and gossip

• Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston wants to sign up League Cup winning management duo Kenny Shiels and Jimmy Nicholl on new contracts. (Express)

• Dunfermline hope to have Jim Jeffries in the dugout for for this weekend’s match against St Mirren. (Mail)

• Derby-winning goal scorer Craig Beattie has put his career back on track at Hearts. (Herald)

• One of the bidders for crisis-hit Rangers has warned it will not pursue its interest in the Ibrox club if the Ticketus season-ticket deal remains in force, a court heard yesterday. (Scotsman)

• Sir David Murray has disputed Celtic’s claims they could thrive financially in the absence of Rangers and has warned that Scottish football would face a damaging “domino effect” without the Ibrox club. (Scotsman)

• Paul Murray’s Blue Knights consortium plan to borrow £5million from Ticketus to use as working capital if they win control of Rangers. (Mail)

• Kyle Lafferty is back in training and could be back in the Rangers team for Sunday’s match against Celtic. (Record)

• Former Dundee director Giovanni Di Stefano has told the Emir of Qatar that buying Rangers would be “the best deal in football”. (Record)

• The agent for Rangers defender Dorin Goian claims he is in talks with German and Turkish clubs to get a better deal for the player, who has taken a 75 per cent pay cut at Ibrox. (Various)

• A consortium trying to buy St Mirren is seeking legal action against chairman Stewart Gilmour because he linked them to Craig Whyte. (Sun)