Scottish Gossip: Penrice, Nygren, McGregor, Yang, Taylor, Defoe

Rangers will reportedly pay less than £1m for James Penrice should he sign permanently next summer, while Yang Hyun-jun says he is staking his career by missing Celtic games to play for South Korea.

Rangers will have to pay just £800,000 to sign James Penrice on a permanent contract should they take up their option to buy the 27-year-old on-loan AEK Athens left-back next summer. (Daily Record, external)

Celtic are relaxed about holding on to Benjamin Nygren next summer despite the 25-year-old Sweden midfielder having admitted there was plenty of interest during the last transfer window. (Football Insider, external)

Celtic have shown negligence by failing to nurture a successor to captain Callum McGregor as the 33-year-old midfield general nears the end of his contract, according to former Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness. (Football Insider, external)

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