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

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Celtic boss has a decision to make on which goalkeeper starts against Rangers on Sunday and why did VAR not intervene for disallowed goal at McDiarmid Park?

On-loan goalkeeper Sam Johnstone is in contention to keep his Celtic place for Sunday's Premier Sports Cup meeting with Rangers after keeping a clean sheet on his debut against St Johnstone last night, says manager Martin O'Neill. (Daily Record - subscription required, external)

VAR was unable to weigh in on a disallowed goal for Celtic in Perth because the ball went out of the camera frame and the footage could not conclusively prove that assistant referee was wrong to say a cross from Sebastian Tounekti had gone out of play. (Scottish Sun, external)

Manager Martin O'Neill was frustrated that Celtic failed to sign Gvidas Gineitis, according to the Torino midfielder's agent Dmitri Vinokurov, who claims the "main problem was that not everyone in the club's management was as convinced about this transfer as the coaches". (LRT via Glasgow Times, external)

Hibernian defender Jordan Obita until will not return from injury until after the international break but there is a chance Grant Hanley recovers from a knock before Saturday's Premier Sports Cup visit to Ross County. (Edinburgh Evening News, external)

Aberdeen manager Stephen Robinson says the Scottish Premiership is one of the "quickest and most direct leagues in the world" and some summer signings are struggling to adapt. (Press & Journal, external)

Barry Robson, who has just led Cork City to the Irish First Division title, opens up on the disappointment of not lifting silverware as Aberdeen boss and says the challenge of European games was a drain on his squad. (Daily Record - subscription required, external)

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