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Whisky tycoon Walker interested in Rangers investment – gossip

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GlenAllachie whisky owner Billy Walker, a lifelong Rangers fan and season ticket holder, would be open to investing if he had a say in the direction the Scottish Premiership club takes but would not be interested in becoming principal investor. (Rangers Review)

The amount of money whisky tycoon Billy Walker could invest in Rangers looks set to be limited by Uefa as European football’s governing body caps spending on football operations at 70% of the club’s annual income. (Sunday Mail)

Rangers will need to sell some of their squad to meet new Uefa financial rules that will come in next year. (Football Insider)

Leyton Orient have made an inquiry about Ryan Kent, who has been linked with a return to Rangers after Fenerbahce released him from his contract, although the 27-year-old winger would be unable to play for another club until January. (Scottish Sun On Sunday)

Celtic believe their Champions League campaign can help sell Barcelona left-back Alex Valle on a permanent transfer despite the 20-year-old’s representatives rejecting a buy option at the end of his season-long loan. (Sunday Post, print edition)

On-loan Barcelona left-back Alex Valle has targeted winning trophies with Celtic whether or not he stays long term and is relishing his battle for a starting place with fit-again Greg Taylor. (The Herald On Sunday)

Aston Villa are the frontrunners to sign Hammarby forward Bazoumana Toure, with the Swedish club sticking to their £8.3m price tag amid interest from Celtic, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen in the 18-year-old. (Sunday Mail)

Scotland left-back Josh Doig is happy learning under former Italy defender Fabio Grosso at Sassuolo and says the country now feels like home. (Sunday Times, print edition)

Scotland midfielders Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour – along with the rest of Napoli’s new signings – have been ordered to become fluent in Italian as soon as possible. (Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli via Football Transfers)

Billy Gilmour had an 88% pass success rate while fellow Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay’s header laid on the winner for Gio Di Lorenzo in Napoli’s 1-0 win over Lecce on Saturday. (Scottish Sun On Sunday)

Under-pressure Hibernian head David Gray accepts that his legendary status at the club as their Scottish Cup-winning captain will not be enough keep him in a job if he does not turn their fortunes around. (Sunday Mail)

Scotland forward Jacob Brown says it was heartbreaking to suffer an injury that prevented him from trying to help Luton Town avoid relegation and missing Euro 2024 and that he still has a long way to go to recover full fitness. (Sunday Mail, print edition)

Former Rangers centre-half Filip Helander, who faced Heart of Midlothian on Thursday for Omonia Nicosia in the Conference League, says he is lucky to still be playing football given the injuries he suffered while at Ibrox. (Sunday Post, print edition)

Opta’s supercomputer has predicted that Celtic will finish with 11 points after the first stage of the Champions League and that would be enough to finish in 22nd position, meaning qualification for the play-offs. (Sunday Mail)

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