Scottish gossip: Nicolas Kuhn to Celtic, Sydney van Hooijdonk, Josh Doig, Lawrence Shankland

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Rapid Vienna winger Nicolas Kuhn has had a medical in London before his £3m move to Celtic and the 24-year-old is expected in Glasgow to finalise the deal having verbally agreed terms on a four-and-a-half-year contract. (Sky Sports)

Celtic have been told Kuhn is injury prone and "terrible at shooting" - and that they are paying over the odds for the winger. (Scottish Sun)

Bologna striker Sydney van Hooijdonk - son of former Celtic forward Pierre - was given a rare start in the weekend's 2-1 defeat by Cagliari but admits he does not what his immediate future holds amid interest from the Scottish champions. (DAZN)

Josh Doig's move from Hellas Verona is off after Sassuolo topped Marseille's £4.3m bid - but the left-back told the Serie A club he only wanted to join the French outfit. Hibernian are due a 27.5% cut of any profit Verona make on the 21-year-old Scot. (Daily Record)

Heart of Midlothian will make Lawrence Shankland their highest-paid player in 10 years as they bid to fend off interest in the striker from Rangers, Celtic and English clubs. (Daily Record)

Aberdeen could face a fight to hold on to Duk with the forward now being tracked by clubs in Serie A and the Eredivisie as well as by teams in England's Championship and Switzerland. (Press & Journal)

Hapoel Tel Aviv want to end right-back Or Dadia's frustrating stint at Aberdeen. (Daily Record)

Hearts retain their interest in Ross County midfielder Yan Dhanda but the Dingwall club will not sell him this month unless they receive a substantial six-figure transfer fee and, with the 25-year-old out of contract this summer, a pre-contract agreement looks more likely. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Andy Halliday could leave Hearts this month as the midfielder is attracting interest from elsewhere in the Premiership - including Motherwell. (Scottish Sun)

Hamilton Academical have made an audacious swoop to sign three players - Callumn Morrison, Calvin Miller and Alfie Agyeman - from title rivals Falkirk. (Daily Record)

Como have approached Celtic about 18-year-old winger Rocco Vata, who is also wanted by Italian rivals Bologna. Como can offer guaranteed game time though and talks will follow soon. (Fabrizio Romano on X)

West Ham United are keeping an eye on Jota's situation at Al-Ittihad, with the 24-year-old former Celtic winger not included in their squad for the Saudi Pro League season - but his £200,000-a-week wage could be a problem. (Sky Sports)

St Johnstone boss Craig Levein hopes Luke Robinson can pick up where he left off if he returns from Wigan. (The Courier)

Odin Thiago Holm will come good at Celtic and be sold for "a lot of money" like his compatriot Stefan Johansen, says the Norwegian midfielder's former rival Patrick Berg. (Daily Record)

Former Rangers boss Dick Advocaat has come out of retirement again for his 28th job in management - this time with the Curacao national team. (ESPN - in Dutch)