Makhanya being tracked - Wednesday's gossip

[BBC] Rangers are under no pressure to sell centre-back Olwethu Makhanya in the next 12 months, but the 22-year-old South Africa defender is attracting of interest from Italy and Spain while Brentford and Sunderland had scouts at Saturday's win over Kilmarnock. ( Football Insider ) Former striker Chris Sutton insists Celtic are too big to write off this season's Europa League campaign - and has backed mis-firing striker Kasper Hogh to come good on the big stage against Benfica. (Daily Record) Rangers midfielder Vanja Dragojevic and fellow summer arrival Makhanya have been highlighted as players with the greatest potential in a new study by TransferRoom, which gives clubs live market intelligence to aid recruitment. ( The Herald ) Former Rangers youth winger Josh McPake's recent fine form and Scotland call-up followed a discussion with Heart of Midlothian head coach Wouter Vrancken about why the 25-year-old had been omitted from their European squad. ( Edinburgh Evening News ) Rangers academy centre-half David Odunukan, who was born in London but moved to Scotland as an infant, is being considered for a call-up by England after the 15-year-old was involved in Scotland Under-16 training camps. ( Daily Record ) Wednesday's English & European transfer rumours Who has your Premiership club brought in & let go this summer? Tuesday's Scottish gossip New Scotland centre-half Luke Graham was with St Johnstone before joining Dundee , who sold him for £2m to Stoke City this summer, and new head of academy Paul McDonald is determined to ensure the Perth club do not lose such talent again. ( The Courier ) Former Celtic, Hibernian and Scotland forward Derek Riordan has revealed he could have signed for Rangers twice, but the Ibrox club refused to offer enough money. ( Daily Record ) Rangers medical staff have given Dujon Sterling the all-clear to feature against Dundee on Saturday after being struck down with illness before the weekend win over Kilmarnock. ( Daily Record ) Police Scotland is actively considering whether to deploy facial recognition technology to tackle football-related violence, the country's top police officer has said. ( The National ) The back page of The Courier [BBC]