Celtic face Chambers competition - gossip

What the report says

BBC Sport Football reports that Celtic are among the clubs interested in Liverpool left-back Luke Chambers, with Championship sides in England also said to be monitoring the 22-year-old ahead of the January transfer window. The item is framed as transfer gossip rather than a confirmed bid or deal, and it does not say which clubs in the Championship are involved.

The same roundup also notes a Premier Sports Cup angle from Glasgow, where former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard attended the Ibrox club’s 3-0 home win over Celtic on Sunday. According to the cited reports, Gerrard was photographed with some of the players he previously managed during his spell in Glasgow.

Other Scottish football updates in the digest include Hearts defender Stephen Kingsley discussing a congested run of fixtures around the club’s Scottish League Cup semi-final against Hibernian, Aberdeen goalkeeper Marius Muller delivering a post-match speech after a penalty shootout win at Kilmarnock, and Dundee United winger Mehdi Mergham being described as a likely absentee for a trip to St Mirren. The roundup also mentions Scotland striker Kieron Bowie scoring for Sassuolo against Juventus and Tam Courts taking over as Scotland Under-19s head coach. The broader context is that BBC Sport’s gossip pages aggregate reported interest, reactions and personnel changes across the game, often drawing on local and tabloid sources.