Scottish gossip: Miller, Valle, Bernabei, Robertson, Brown, Mikulic

Sport Republic, which owns Southampton, French club Valenciennes and Turkish outfit Goztepe, is keeping close tabs on 18-year-old midfielder Lennon Miller, but it would take a potential club record bid, in excess of David Turnbull’s sale to Celtic, for Motherwell to even consider selling. (Daily Record), external

Barcelona are working on cancelling Alex Valle’s loan with Celtic in January, although that would mean paying compensation, as they think the 19-year-old has impressed enough with the Scottish champions to suggest he could provide a solution to their troubles at left-back. (El Nacional), external

Reports in South America have indicated Alexandro Bernabei, who has helped Internacional to fifth place in the Brazilian top flight on loan from Celtic, could be in line for a first call-up by Argentina amid suggestions that the Scottish champions were asking for a fee of £8m to make the move permanent in January (Daily Record), external

Liverpool plan to open contract talks with Andy Robertson next summer despite the left-back’s irregular recent involvement, with manager Arne Slot blaming the 30-year-old’s short pre-season after playing for Scotland at Euro 2024. (Football Insider), external

Jaden Brown, the 25-year-old left-back who is awaiting sentencing after admitting three driving charges, could be the third player to exit St Mirren within weeks for ending up in court after the club ended striker Kevin van Veen’s loan from Groningen following the sacking of defender Shaun Rooney. (Daily Record), external

St Johnstone are expecting to have a long-awaited work permit for centre-back Bozo Mikulic in time for the Croat to make his debut against Motherwell on Saturday. (The Courier), external

Following the arrival of former Lech Poznan left-back Barry Douglas, St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has decided against signing trialist Ghana international Dennis Korsah. (The Courier), external