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From the Daily Express, worthy of its own thread given the quotes on our policy: http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/185245/EXCLUSIVE-Walter-Smith-wants-wide-boy-for-3-in-a-row-bid/ Seems we don't want any new strikers and we're concentrating on a creative players. Fair enough from me.

Celtic have taken Le Mans defender Ibrahima Camara and Vojvodina forward Slaven Stjepanovic on trial. More...

I haven't seen enough of McArthur to judge but i know he has been linked with us for a while. When i am watching rangers playing i don't really see the opponents unless they are far better than us.

Spartak Nalchik are expecting Kevin Kyle to arrive for a trial after reports he had turned down a move. More...

I wonder who's kidneys he's been unlawfully bursting?

Celtic have taken Danish striker David Boysen on trial as Tony Mowbray continues to look for new signings. More...

http://www.vanguardbears.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=236&Itemid=26

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1234021/Liverpool-boss-Rafa-Benitez-set-tie-deal-Icelandic-starlet-Kristjan-Gauti-Emilsson.html So he was apparently on trial with us and we failed somehow to spot his potential. How come he's good enough for L'Pool and not us? Are our coaching staf really on the ball? I think we should be told.

Skysports.com can confirm Celtic have taken Estonian international Sander Puri on trial. More...

Falkirk have taken former West Brom and Southampton defender Pele on trial, skysports.com understands. More...

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan says Marlon King will never play for the club again after he was jailed for 18 months. The striker, 29, was found guilty of sexual assault and actual bodily harm after he had been "cold-shouldered" by a female student in a London nightclub. The incident occurred last December while he was on loan at Hull. Whelan told BBC Radio 5 live: "We will now be in the process of severing his contract. To say the least I am really, really disappointed." Whelan, who only learned on Tuesday that King was on trial at Southwark Crown Court, must follow Premier League rules and pay the player's wages for 14 days before terminating his contract. The Latics chairman went on: "It's really upsetting and it just sets such a bad example for any youngster coming through who wants to be a professional footballer. "He was on loan at the time to Hull City but I don't blame Hull City. Marlon King has got to accept full responsibility for this." After groping and punching his victim at the Soho Revue Bar, breaking her nose, King briefly returned to Hull before spending a subsequent spell on loan at Middlesbrough in January. The father of three, born in Dulwich, south London, finally made his way back to Wigan in the summer, but is now left without a club. In 2002 King, who lives in Hertfordshire, served five months of a two-year prison sentence for handling a stolen car before being released on appeal. A year later, he was convicted for common assault on two women he chased through London with a belt wrapped round his fist. And in 2006 he was convicted of threatening behaviour after slapping another woman and then spitting at her when police arrived. Whelan explained how King had kept the club in the dark about the most recent, and most severe misdemeanour. "It's been kept quite secret by the player. We knew he did something but we didn't know exactly what it was. When you read how serious it was, I mean striking a girl and breaking her nose and messing about like that, we didn't realise the severity of what was happening here. Marlon King The jury returned a 10-2 majority guilty verdict against King "We knew he'd been charged with something but I was shocked by what he had actually done and I was shocked by the sentence. But if he deserves it then he's got to do it. "I sat down with Marlon at the start of the season and said 'Marlon, if you want to play for Wigan Athletic you've got to settle down, train hard and go on the field and give your best.' "He never mentioned anything about this case and he promised me that he was going to train hard and he actually has trained hard, I have to say that. "Once he's served his sentence, if he manages to get back into football, so be it, but he will never pull on the shirt of Wigan Athletic again." However, King's agent Tony Finnegan, the former Crystal Palace pro, said the player was certain to find employment with another club after serving his sentence. Finnegan told BBC Radio 5 live: "He has rights as a professional athlete. When you are a footballer you want to play football. Let's say he does his time and comes out afterwards. Do you expect him to work for McDonalds? Someone - you trust me on this - will sign him to score goals King's agent Tony Finnigan "Let's say he does his time and comes out afterwards. Do you expect him to work for McDonald's? Someone - you trust me on this - will sign him to score goals, because that's what he does best. "He'll be devastated sitting in a cell with someone tonight. This ain't a movie, this is real life. No-one expected this." Chris Powell, chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, told the BBC: "There is a process and Dave Whelan has made it clear that is a process he will follow, in that Marlon will be given formally 14 days' notice. "Like any other player he will be given the right of appeal. The grounds Wigan will probably be pursuing is bringing the club into disrepute and gross misconduct, and I think that will be seen to be the case." Bobby Barnes, deputy chief executive of the PFA, added: "The clubs rules would say that this constitutes gross misconduct. "He's been convicted of a criminal offence and most right-minded people would find it difficult not to constitute that as gross misconduct so I think they would be on firm ground to make that decision." King, a Jamaica international, started his professional career with Barnet, before moving to Gillingham. He next signed for Nottingham Forest, who briefly loaned him out to Leeds United, before making his Premier League debut with Watford in the 2006-07 season. In January 2008, he made his move to Wigan for an initial �£3m on a three-and-a-half year contract with a �£40,000-a-week salary. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/8332728.stm

From the BBC website.

Let's hope it doesn't turn out like the time we hooked up with the Australian mob.

Football Agents - Working for Rangers Benefit? An interesting article written by Pete:

Possibly should've posted it in Football Chat but I never. Would you go for any of these players? Personally, I'd stay well clear of them.

Birmingham have announced the signing of former Liverpool and Rangers defender Gregory Vignal on a one-year contract, subject to a medical. The 28-year-old left-back played under Blues boss Alex McLeish at Rangers and has impressed during his time on trial. "He's a good athlete, mobile, strong and aggressive," McLeish told Birmingham's official website. "At Rangers when we won the league it was a very successful campaign for him, so I know what he can bring us." Vignal, who joins from Lens, will fill the gap left by David Murphy, who is recovering from a broken knee cap. 606: DEBATE Your reaction to the signing of Vignal He first came to England when he joined Liverpool as a 19-year-old and spent five years at Anfield, going out on loan to clubs in France and Spain as well as Rangers, where he first crossed paths with McLeish. Since then he has had a spell at Portsmouth and was also a loan at Southampton. "I've kept in touch with him and his family and I know he's been bursting over the last couple of years to get back to the top league," said McLeish. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8200408.stm

St Mirren will give veteran former Kilmarnock midfielder Allan Johnston a second chance to shine on trial. More...

Israeli midfielder Gil Blumstein continues to impress while on trial with Rangers. More...

Argentine striker Damian Casalinuovo signs a two-year deal with Dundee United after a successful trial at Tannadice. More...

GLENN LOOVENS last night broke his silence on last season's Ibrox flashpoint - hitting back at Maurice Edu for branding him malicious. Rangers midfielder Edu accused the Celtic defender of trying to hurt him during the campaign's final Old Firm showdown which Walter Smith's side won 1-0. But ahead of Loovens' SFA trial on August 7 the Dutchman has warned his rival to stop attempting to make up the minds of disciplinary chiefs. And in a stiff self-defence of his character, raging Loovens said: "The SFA won't suspend me because I have done nothing wrong. "What happened between us was an accident over in a split second. "I know it might look worse than that when you put slow-motion pictures of the incident on television but I know what I was thinking at the time and Edu can't speak for me. "If I remember correctly Edu played on after we had collided so it couldn't have been that malicious. "It wasn't a deliberate act designed to hurt another player. "I've been suspended once in my entire career and I think that says it all about my temperament." Celtic could ask SFA beaks for a change of date to Loovens' trial because the scheduled hearing comes 24 hours before they play Manchester City at Eastlands in a pre-season friendly and Tony Mowbray's side will be travelling to England on August 7 . http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2009/07/21/celtic-star-glenn-loovens-insists-i-didn-t-try-to-crock-maurice-edu-86908-21536559/ Aye you did ya dirty chunt...............YOU GOT CAUGHT

I think they are excited. Oxford excited by Rangers fixture Oxford United chairman Kelvin Thomas says the club's staff are excited by a pre-season friendly against a Rangers XI on Tuesday. The game is set to take place behind closed doors at the Gers' training ground on 21 July. "I think everybody is looking forward to it," Thomas told BBC Oxford. "I know the coaches are looking forward to going to their training ground and seeing what they've got and how they do things," he added. Rangers have not made public the strength of the side that will face the U's, but United could give another start to defender Rhys Day who has impressed on trial. Oxford manager Chris Wilder says the experience will benefit his players. "It's something else, isn't it? The game will be a really good one, great facilities and afterwards we will go around to Ibrox. "I don't think it does us any harm to see what a big, big football club is like," he said.

Calm down not that Danny Mills... We had a young striker from Crawley Town on trial last week and was wondering if anyone had anything about how successful it had been. I know he flew back South on Friday then appeared as a sub against Chelsea Reserves for Crawley but don't know if he's coming back for another trial. Kane Hemmings seems to have made a decent impression having come from non-league English football so it is interesting that we seem to be actively scouting these teams.

Le Havre striker Amadou Alassane is hoping a week-long trial can lead to a move to Celtic. More...

Thought we'd have a sticky so we can keep an eye on the ins and outs over the summer. Will also have a section with linked signings. OUT - Christian Dailly (Freed) - Braham Hemdani (Freed - Ross Harvey (Freed) - Willie McLachlan (Freed) - Chris Craig (Freed) - Artur Vaiculis (Freed) - Lee Robinson (Freed) - Georgios Efrem (to Omonia Nicosia) - Dean Furman (to Oldham) - Graeme Smith (to St Johnstone) - Andy Webster (loan to Dundee Utd - 12 months) - Barry Ferguson (to Birmingham City - �£1.25million) - Charlie Adam (to Blackpool - �£500,000) - Alan Gow (to Plymouth Argyle - �£200,000) - Andrius Velicka (loan to Bristol City - 12 months) - Aaron (Loan terminated) IN - Jerome Rothen (from PSG - season long loan) Linked - Zak Whitbread (Bosman from Millwall) - Chris Brunt (�£2million + player from West Brom) - Gil Bluhmannstein (trial)

Celtic defender Bobo Balde is offered a trial at Birmingham City, who are also targeting Rangers pair Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd. More...