Gossip: Johnstone to keep Celtic place for Old Firm cup tie?

What the report says

Celtic manager Martin O’Neill faces a selection decision over goalkeeper Sam Johnstone ahead of Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup Old Firm meeting with Rangers. According to the BBC Sport gossip roundup, the on-loan keeper is in contention to retain his place after keeping a clean sheet on his debut in Celtic’s win over St Johnstone. The match is at the centre of Celtic’s immediate focus as they prepare for one of Scottish football’s biggest fixtures.

The roundup also highlighted an off-field talking point from Celtic’s victory in Perth. It reported that VAR did not intervene on a disallowed goal because the ball went out of the camera frame, leaving officials unable to prove the assistant referee was wrong to rule that a Sebastian Tounekti cross had crossed the line. The BBC said the footage was not conclusive enough for the decision to be overturned.

Elsewhere in the Scottish game, the gossip column noted reports that O’Neill was disappointed Celtic did not complete a move for Torino midfielder Gvidas Gineitis, while Hibernian and Ross County were mentioned in injury-related updates. As a general matter, these items reflect the wider transfer, selection and officiating debates that often shape attention around cup and league matches in Scotland.