'Millwall's Nisbet not a Hearts target'
Kevin Nisbet, who was on loan to Aberdeen from Millwall last season, is not a target for Hearts, with head coach Derek McInnes hopeful of convincing fellow Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland to stay at Tynecastle Park. (Hearts Standard), externalRead Sunday's Scottish Gossip in full.
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