Scottish Football Transfer News: Celtic sign striker, Dave King's Rangers motives questioned, Scotland v Ukraine 'difficult to see', International star's Celtic signing doubts

All the latest news and transfer speculation from around the SPFL and Scottish football.

Scotland boss Steve Clarke has admitted it is “difficult to see” how the World Cup play-off with Ukraine will go ahead in June. The match had been rescheduled from this month due to Russia’s invasion. Clarke said: “It’s not just about the fixture. It’s the fact they need to get together, have a training camp and get players on the pitch with a proper period to prepare for such an important game.

“Andriy Shevchenko, who I know from my time at Chelsea, spoke well about the situation and said they’d want to play. But the way the situation is, I think they should get as much time as possible to try to make our game happen.” (The Scotsman)

Josip Juranovic is delighted he joined Celtic in the summer despite having doubts about joining the Scottish league leaders. The Croatian international arrived from Legia Warsaw for a fee of around £2.5million. He admitted Ange Postecoglou played a huge role in convincing him it was the right place to be.

The right-back said: "Honestly, when I arrived in Glasgow I was a little skeptical, especially since the team won nothing last season. However, on the first day, the coach approached me and said, 'this is a new Celtic, I want you in it.” (Dalmacija Danas)

Former Rangers star Charlie Adam has questioned Dave King’s motive for offering to pay the bill if the Ibrox club were to pull out of the Sydney Super Cup. The team’s involvement in the Australian tournament with a friendly against Celtic has not gone down well with fans and has led to severe criticism of the board.

Adam said: "These people that are involved are trying to generate as much funds for Rangers to move forward in the best possible way. How