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Celtic could 'renew interest' in Evan Ferguson as transfer hijack follows Yamada hint and Ambrosino U turn
The striker looks set to make a move to Roma from Brighton - but the Hoops' striker search could change that Evan Ferguson could reportedly face a last-minute decision over a move to Roma if Celtic"renew their interest" in the Brighton misfit. The 20-year-old has been touted with a Parkhead loan move to kickstart his season after netting just one Premier League goal for the Seagulls last season - and failing to make his mark at West Ham on loan during the second half of the season. But reports in Italy suggest a season-long loan switch to Serie A is on the cards with Roma set to pay the Ireland international's full annual salary of around €1.8 million (£1.5million). However, The Sunday Times now report that Ferguson could "have second thoughts" over a move "should the Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers, renew his interest." Shin Yamada looks set to become the next new face in the door for Celtic after reports in Japan claimed a £1.5million switch from Kawaski Frontale had received the green light. It is claimed the 25-year-old will jet into Scotland following his international commitments with Japan at the E-1 Championship. And while remaining coy over a potential transfer to Glasgow's east end, the forward has hinted that he would be open to moving to Europe to improve his shot of appearing at the World Cup. He told Japanese media:"I want to show my difference in terms of goals and in the way I fight. I think the competition will be fierce, and I feel that there is little time if that is for Kawaski or overseas. "I'm pushing forward a lot in preparation for the World Cup, but I think there will be times when I'm pushed back, so I think I can make a difference by connecting goals to those, so I hope I can do that." Napoli ' striker Giuseppe Ambrosino is also attracting interest from Serie A new boys Cremonese and the Scottish Premiership champions this summer. The Hoops have been tracking Ambrosino, who found the target for Italy U21s in their European Championship quarter final defeat to Germany. But after impressing at the tournament, Gazzetta r eport that the Scudetto winners are now considering giving the 21-year-old a chance in pre-season. It is said that Antonio Conte is keen to show "trust in the Napoli system" before making a final decision on a departure. Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
BBC News
32 minutes ago
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'Hard work ahead' - Pressley bemoans Dundee loss
Dundee should be "under no illusions how much work's required", said new head coach Steven Pressley following the home Premier Sports Cup loss to Premiership side marked Pressley's first competitive match in charge with defeat, an improved second half unable to cancel out Chris Mochrie's solitary Falkirk and Coventry City boss Pressley replaced Tony Docherty in the Dens Park dugout this summer, a somewhat surprise appointment after an equally eye-opening had staved off relegation in his second season in charge after a top-six finish in his maiden campaign."Obviously the result is far from the result we wanted," Pressley told BBC Scotland. "It very much highlighted that we have so much hard work ahead of us. You could see in both our attacking and defending elements that we weren't in sync on many occasions."We haven't had long enough, I could see that in our performance. We were disjointed at times. Every day on the training ground will help us put some of these things in place."I hope we're under no illusions just to how much work that's required. I know that."Dundee visit Alloa Athletic in their next Group C game on Saturday before a trip to Bonnyrigg Rose (22 July) before Montrose visit Dens Park (26 July)."Today was the first time the real ball came out and there were some real teething problems in our display," Pressley added."I'm confident with this group of players and some additions that we can put that right."I'm really excited about what we have here but it's going to take time."
BBC News
32 minutes ago
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Euro 2025 Wales v England rival fans gather in St. Gallen
Thousands of Welsh and English football fans have arrived in the Swiss city of St. Gallen before Sunday's Euro 2025 match between the two countries.A win will guarantee England's Lionesses a place in the last eight of the will be eliminated unless they beat England by four goals or more and the Netherlands lose to have lost their two opening Group D matches to the Dutch and French, each by three goal margins, while England bounced back from a loss to France with a 4-0 win against the Netherlands. England fan Vicky Morgan, 40, from Surbiton in south west London, has travelled to Switzerland with Welsh friends Hannah Maddy, 39, from Barry and 43-year-old Jo McSweeney from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan."We've been friends for a very long time. We met while at Cardiff University but still stay close and have been in Switzerland for two days," said Vicky."I was at the last final that we won [England are the defending champions]. It was an immense game and since then the game has just grown and grown."It's great to see so many young fans watching the Lionesses. I'm a teacher myself so it has grown the game in schools as well."Despite Wales being on the brink of a group stage exit, Hannah and Jo still feel Wales could cause an upset:"I've got all the hope. I reckon 4-0 and England to be knocked out," said Jo."I'd take that," added Hannah. "I reckon 5-1, [Jess] Fishlock hat-trick, [Sophie] Ingle and Ffion Morgan." Phillip Spakouskas is a 48-year-old St. Gallen native who will be supporting England because his father is English."I was buzzing knowing England would be coming here and seeing all the fans, even Welsh fans on Tuesday and Wednesday - they were fantastic - and I'm really looking forward to Sunday as well," he said."I saw the France v Wales game [in St. Gallen] and I thought the Welsh girls were quite good but the French were better and I think England will be massive favourites."I thought they [England] weren't up to it against France but against the Netherlands they were really good."Phillip said the people of St. Gallen had embraced being a host location at Euro 2025 and hopes there will be a legacy in place for women's football, especially in Switzerland."It started slowly then the first game was Germany v Poland and from then on it really has been buzzing," he added."I've met a lot of fans in St. Gallen - German, Polish, French and Welsh. They all say it's a nice city, not big but it has nice architecture and it's clean."For women's football it's the next step, England was buzzing three years ago [when they hosted the tournament] but this is another step."Birmingham couple Mike and Carol Adams, 67 and 70 respectively, follow the Lionesses across the world and have high hopes of qualification for the knockout stages despite the early tournament defeat to France in Zurich."It's massively important to be here and fingers crossed for a win," said Mike."When you look at the draw, it has certainly favoured other people hasn't it? Because we are in the toughest group there's no doubt about that."She [England coach Sarina Wiegman] changed the tactics. The first game she just seemed to allow them to sit back and Hempo [Lauren Hemp] and Bronzey [Lucy Bronze] never ever went down the sides and the French just came on to us and realised they could beat us."I'd like to think we can win the tournament but Spain are really hot aren't they?"Carol has enjoyed meeting Welsh fans since arriving in St. Gallen, saying: "It's wonderful. It's what you want, everybody here from the United Kingdom, so it's great to have Wales here and the banter is brilliant."Mike added: "We are on a campsite not too far away surrounded by Welsh fans and we were sat drinking with them last night. Everyone wants a good game." Among the expected 3,500 Welsh fans in St. Gallen are representatives of the Wales women's walking football Clemence, 58, is from Cardiff and has travelled with teammates Leanne Williams, 47, from Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Juliette Payne, who's lived in Merthyr Tydfil for 27 said: "We've been to Sweden for the world walking football championships last weekend representing Wales in different age categories. The over-40s got into the semi finals and the over-50s reached the quarter finals. It's a tough three days - 25 minute games, three or four times a day."We travelled across by train and boat to get here via Munich in Germany. You see the kids going around with the ladies' names on the backs of their shirts, we didn't have that in our day. It's come on so much in the last 30 years."Aneurin Williams has travelled with members of his family from Blaenau Gwent, and said: "We have all the faith [against England], we've got the fans, and we can always do England over, they've got nothing special about them. We've had friendly banter with England fans."Linda Rosser from Merthyr Tydfil agrees, saying: "Absolutely they can. I've got every faith in them."We came out for the French game, so we came out on Tuesday. It has been amazing, we're having a fantastic time."
