Sky Sports Rangers want Leeds striker – Wednesday’s gossip.

Rangers hope to capture Leeds United forward Joe Gelhardt on loan during the January transfer window. (Yorkshire Post, external). Kevin Muscat was disappointed. Rangers hired Philippe Clement as manager last year, and ex-defender Craig Moore believes he is unlikely to return to Ibrox today. (Go Radio via the Daily Record) external

Moore claims Rangers have only one alternative if they fire Clement: Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes. (Go Radio via Daily Record, external) Rangers are dealing with a new injury issue in bright young attacker Zak Lovelace, who limped out of a Glasgow Cup match against Clyde. (Scottish Sun, external Jim Goodwin insists there was nothing “sinister” about Dundee United’s failure to prepare for a 3.45pm kick-off against Rangers, despite being accused of “trying to make a point” by Ian McCall. (The Courier, external)

Goodwin claims that his comments before United’s draw at Ibrox irritated Rangers manager Clement because he “really wasn’t trying to be clever, just stating the obvious”. (Scottish Sun, external According to Jambos midfielder Blair Spittal, Lawrence Shankland’s contract problem with Heart of Midlothian has had no effect on the Tynecastle squad or the striker himself. (Daily record)

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin believes the emotions surrounding Ester Sokler’s miraculous goal lost the Dons victory over Hibernian. (Press and Journal)

Because of Guglielmo Vicario’s ankle injury, former Celtic custodian Fraser Forster will start for Tottenham in the Europa League match against Rangers at Ibrox. (Scottish Sun, external Billy Davies claims Rangers were ready to offer him the opportunity to manage the club, but years later, he is still waiting for the phone call that was promised to set up the interview. (Open Goal via Daily Record), External Former Rangers playmaker Ronald de Boer claims his former team is struggling “big time,” but Ally McCoist believes incoming chief executive Patrick Stewart will bring much-needed stability to the top. (Daily record)

A former Manchester United official who worked closely with Stewart at Old Trafford has welcomed Rangers’ hiring of the “heavyweight” figure as CEO. (The Herald, external). Scott Arfield, a former Rangers footballer, has lost his appeal against Glasgow City Council’s decision to deny his proposals for a pub near Ibrox. (Scots Sun)

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