Copenhagen enter race to sign Taylor
Copenhagen have joined Greek side PAOK in the race to sign Celtic defender Greg Taylor. (Scottish Sun), externalRead the rest of Sunday's Scottish gossip.
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Scottish Sun
35 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
I became a Celtic Invincible after Rangers resurrected my career – here's why I REFUSED to play for Ibrox club
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) HE won a dozen trophies for Celtic and picked up forty one Scotland caps. All in a 12-year period he probably wouldn't have had if it hadn't been for RANGERS. 4 Craig Gordon playing for Celtic in 2017 Credit: Getty - Contributor 4 He was part of the famous Invincible team in Brendan Rodgers' first season Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow Craig Gordon has been reflecting on his career as he builds up to next month's Hearts testimonial against Sunderland. And while the 42-year-old was the one who put the hard yards in to get fit again after a serious knee injury had him on the verge of quitting. It was the work of Auchenhowie physio Steven Walker who saved his career - and made the later years possible. Gordon recalled: 'If I say one person who got me back playing again it would be Steven Walker at Rangers. 'When I went in there he was really good with me. 'He spent a bit of time trying to figure out how I could rehab my knee without it hurting. 'He gave me exercises that I could do which were less painful but were still building up my leg, and just his thought process around the injury. 'It all came through Jim Stewart, who had been a goalkeeping coach at Hearts and Scotland, and he was at Rangers at the time. 'Rangers had already rehabbed a guy with a very similar injury to me, a Norwegian guy called Thomas Bendiksen. 'He went back to Norway, I think, but Steven had managed to get him back from a very similar injury. Russell Martin's to-do list in first week as Rangers boss PLUS Lawrence Shankland and Greg Taylor latest 'He said to come in to see if he could help, and he did. 'I'd had all the different treatments I could possibly do to chuck everything at it, but he worked it out. 'I think it was a kind of unusual injury at the time. 'If I didn't get back, then I knew I'd given it absolutely everything. 'If I gave it one more go and still couldn't get back, then I would have retired and been at peace with that decision.' When Gordon was training with Rangers, most people expected him to sign there and get his career back on track. But their League One status and financial situation stopped that happening, with a potential move to Raith Rovers on the cards before Celtic came calling. The rest is history, as he claimed the number one spot for club and country once again. 4 Gordon explained: 'Rangers were in League One at the time and they already had two senior goalkeepers. 'To add another one at that stage probably wasn't financially the right thing for them to do. 'They wanted me to play in a couple of reserve games to prove that I was fit enough to stay. 'If I had done that, then my injury insurance would have been invalid. So I couldn't do that. 'That was the reason why that never happened. 'Then it was about looking for a club and I didn't know what level I could get back. 'I spoke to Raith Rovers, they were interested. 'Hearts had Jamie Macdonald here at the time, they didn't know if he was going to be leaving and I think Neil Alexander came in. 'Then Celtic came in. So that was the the reason I went there. 'I knew I wasn't going to be first choice when I first went in with Fraser Forster being there. 'But I knew I'd have, again, really good medical care. 4 Gordon with Forster Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow 'I knew there was obviously speculation about Fraser, so there was a little chink of light there to potentially him moving on and getting a chance to see what I could do. 'That's your sliding doors moment, it all fell into place all in exactly the right time. 'I managed to go in and play 50 games my first season back after not playing for two years, which I didn't know was possible until I managed to do it. 'What was it like being rehabbed at Rangers then signing for Celtic? At certain times as a footballer you've got to be a bit selfish and go and do the thing that's best for you. 'That was the best thing for me, for my career, to play at the highest level. 'Rangers took another three years to come to the Premier League. 'So I managed to get those three years playing in the Premier League and playing for Scotland that perhaps maybe I wouldn't have had. 'It was a difficult thing to do but sometimes you've got to do what's best.' *** Tickets for the Craig Gordon Testimonial Match – Hearts v Sunderland, Tynecastle Park, 3pm, Saturday 26th July – are on sale now through Supporters can keep up to date with all of the latest Craig Gordon Testimonial information at Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Scottish Sun
35 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
US Open star withdraws hours before start of final round after suffering injury and needing medical attention
COR BLIMEY US Open star withdraws hours before start of final round after suffering injury and needing medical attention Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) COREY CONNERS has been forced to withdraw from the US Open just hours before his final round. The Canadian, 33, has been suffering with a right wrist injury. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Corey Conners has been forced to withdraw from the US Open Credit: AP Conners is believed to have sustained the injury during the third round. The issue is said to have occurred as he attempted to play a bunker shot on the 11th hole. Yesterday he required medical attention while out on course. Prior to withdrawing, Conners had been 38th in the standings. READ MORE IN SPORT 'FRUSTRATION WITH YOU GUYS' Rory McIlroy explains skipping media in tense interview THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.. The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunFootball.
Daily Mail
37 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Famous pop star appearing at Soccer Aid could have had VERY different career as it's revealed he was previously on the books of major Premier League club
A famous pop star appearing at this year's edition of Soccer Aid could have had a very different career having been part of the academy set-up at one Premier League club before venturing into music. The charity event will return to Old Trafford on Sunday evening having been held at Stamford Bridge last year. It will see the likes of Jill Scott, Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney compete against comedian Paddy McGuinness and Olympic gold-winning medalist Mo Farah in front of thousands of fans at the Theatre of Dreams. Another celebrity set to be involved could help take the game away from England's legends side thanks to a stint at Aston Villa 's academy. He also played for the likes of Luton Town, Northampton Town and Stevenage after being released by the Villains. The singer is also known to be a huge football fan - with reports suggesting that he is a fan of Villa's Midlands rivals Coventry City. Tom Grennan has found huge success since releasing his track All Goes Wrong with renowned duo Chase & Status in 2016. His first album, Lighting Matches, was a top five hit in the UK and saw him make huge waves in the world of music. However, it could have all turned out very differently for the man from Bedford had he instead taken up football. Playing academy football until the age of 17 and being born just three months before Manchester City star Jack Grealish, there was a point when he even considered moving to the United States in an attempt to make the grade as a pro. Speaking to Champions Journal in 2022, in an interview that also saw him express a love for Manchester United, he said: 'I was going to go to America because I got offered a scholarship to do a college course there and play football. 'But to be honest, I couldn't pass the SATs. And I was just like, 'You know what? It wasn't meant to be.' He recounted how he then started to have serious thoughts about changing paths to music after being encouraged to do by friends. Grennan added: 'I stopped playing football and was just mucking around with friends, starting to go to house parties and stuff like that. 'My mate had a karaoke machine, so one time I jumped on and people were like, 'What? You can kind of sing...' 'Then some of the music boys at school needed a singer for their band. I didn't know if I fancied it at first – but I ended up doing it and loved it. 'Then I moved to London, taught myself how to play guitar, wrote some songs and just caught the bug. I just ran with it.' Grennan is no stranger to Soccer Aid either, having played in the annual charity match for the past two years in a row. In the 2024 match at Stamford Bridge, he played on the right-hand side of midfield as England cruised to a 6-3 victory thanks to two goals from former Arsenal star Jack Wilshere along with a strike from Joe Cole. He also played on the left wing in the year prior as the Three Lions fell to a 4-2 defeat. This year, Grennan will be hoping to go one better and etch his name on the scoresheet as he seeks to show everyone that he could have mixed with the Premier League on the pitch and not just in the DJ booth.
