Brown not interested in Motherwell job – gossip

Ayr United boss rules out interest in Motherwell job as speculation over Celtic’s January business continues…

Ayr United manager and former Celtic and Hibernian player Scott Brown is not interested in the vacancy at Motherwell. (Sun)

Brown reveals his and Hibs head coach David Gray’s children attend the same football club on a Friday and the pair are missing it this week for the Ayr United v Hibernian Scottish Cup tie. (Record)

Hibs sporting director Malky Mackay reveals the club’s strategy in the January transfer window was to only sign players “that could affect the first team”. (Edinburgh Evening News – subscription)

Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin is already making plans for the summer transfer window. (Press and Journal – subscription)

Scotland winger Ben Doak, on loan at Middlesbrough from Liverpool, is out for a period of weeks and the 19-year-old could be a doubt for his country’s Nations League play-off double-header with Greece next month. (Scotsman – subscription)

Celtic look set to miss out on Slovan Bratislava forward David Strelec, 23, this summer. (Mail – subscription)

Strelec’s father says a move to Celtic for his son in January would have been “great”. (Record)

New Tottenham forward Mason Melia, 17, had been a target for Celtic. (Sun)

Kieran Tierney, 27, is set to return to Celtic from Arsenal this summer and the Premiership champions’ manager Brendan Rodgers reveals a January move to Glasgow for the Scotland defender was “never close”. (Herald – subscription)

Football finance expert believes Celtic will bank more than £40m from European participation this season. (Football Insider)