Celtic and Sunderland are vying to sign Kilmarnock's Greg Taylor after submitting bids for the left-back, with both poised to hold further talks the Ayrshire club, whose board is to discuss both offers, neither of which has been accepted. (Daily Record)
Left-back Gideon Mensah, 21, will decide in the next 24 hours whether to join Celtic or Belgian side Zulte Waregem on loan from Salzburg, according to a report from ghanasoccernet.com. (The Herald)
Zenit St Petersburg have been "put off" Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer by the Scottish champions' price tag amid interest in the 21-year-old Norwegian from Leicester City. (Evening Times)
Universidad Catolica midfielder Jose Cifuentes looks likely to join Porto after the 20-year-old Ecuadorian previously claimed that Celtic and Manchester City were chasing his signature. (Daily Record)
Swiss Super League club Basel will make a decision in the coming days over whether to follow up their interest in Florian Kamberi with a transfer bid for the on-form Hibernian striker, but the Edinburgh club will demand an offer close to £3m for the 24-year-old former Switzerland Under-21 international. (Edinburgh Evening News)
Winger Ryan Kent, who remains a Rangers target after spending time on loan to the Ibrox club last season, was left out of Liverpool's under-23s squad again on Wednesday as the 22-year-old Englishman continues to push for a move out of Anfield. (Evening Times)
English League One club Gillingham are keen to sign unsettled 28-year-old Hearts midfielder Olly Lee on loan. (Edinburgh Evening News)
Cristian Gamboa, the right-back released by Celtic this summer, has completed a move to Bochum in the German second tier. (Evening Times)
Goalkeeper Joel Pereira has returned to Manchester United for treatment after picking up an injury on loan to Hearts, with Colin Doyle poised to step in for the Scottish Premiership side against Hamilton Academical this weekend. (Edinburgh Evening News)
Legia Warsaw coach Aleksandar Vukovic has revealed he will order his players to practise penalties ahead of their Europa League play-off at Ibrox, with the Poles' tie against Rangers level at 0-0 after the first leg. (The National)
Aston Villa defender Bjorn Engels could be handed his Belgium debut against Scotland in European Championship qualifying with Vincent Kompany and Dedryck Boyata both injured and Thomas Vermaelen's international future in doubt after his move to Japanese club Vissel Kobe from Barcelona. (Birmingham Mail)
Sheffield Wednesday caretaker manager Lee Bullen hopes right-back Liam Palmer can shake off a back injury to play for Scotland after being named in Steve Clarke's squad for European Championship qualifiers against Russia and Belgium. (Scottish Sun, print edition)