Celtic ‘reach agreement’ with ‘best talent’ after club’smells opportunity’ to capture Rangers star

The latest Celtic transfer news and Rangers transfer news with the Scotland national team taking focus during the international break.

The summer transfer market may have closed, but there is still plenty of debate about Scottish teams, particularly about contracts and player futures.

Celtic and Rangers will return to Scottish Premiership play next week, with the spotlight shifting to the Scotland national team over the international break. However, there is speculation that a current Ibrox player is being watched by a club in his country during the final year of his contract.

In other news, the Hoops are thought to have signed to a new contract with one of their most promising young players. On Thursday, September 7, the following are the most recent Celtic and Rangers transfer news headlines:

Club ‘smell opportunity’ to sign Rangers star

According to Croatian daily Germanijak, Dinamo Zagreb has begun to ‘take steps’ in order to bring Rangers defender Borna Barisic back to his homeland. The 30-year-old is in the final year of his Ibrox contract, and the HNL club’smell an opportunity’ to sign him, according to the article.

The club is thought to be working on a deal in which the 31-time Croatian international will return to the club he represented between 2015 and 2016 in the winter window. It is also alleged that they were hoping to make a deadline day transfer last week, which was always doubtful, and that they feel Rangers want to tie the left back down to a new contract.

Celtic ‘agree deal’ with ‘top talent’

Mitchel Frame, a talented young defender, has come to terms on a new contract with Celtic. According to Italian writer and ‘transfer guru’ Fabrizio Romano,’several clubs in England’ were interested in signing the 17-year-old.

“Celtic agree new deal terms with top talent Mitchel Frame, 2006 born fullback,” he posted on X. Frame had a contract until the summer of 2025, but has recently agreed to a new contract until the summer of 2026. Several English clubs were interested in Frame, who is poised to sign a contract with Celtic soon.”