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Scottish gossip: Celtic, Rangers, Clement, Engels, McCowan, Carter-Vickers
Celtic brought in £10.59m more in the summer transfer market than they spent, Aberdeen made a profit of £2.67m, Motherwell were up £1.34m and Heart of Midlothian £1.01m, but Hibernian spent £438,460 more than they brought in, while Rangers’ net spend was £11.71m. (Edinburgh Evening News), external
Augsburg sporting director Marinko Jurendic says the opportunity to play in the Champions League was the biggest factor in midfielder Arne Engels’ decision to leave for Celtic in last week’s £11m transfer. (HITC), external
Celtic captain Callum McGregor says he told Luke McCowan to “go and play, you’ve got massive quality, just go and run about, I’ll be with you, so let’s just go” when his fellow midfielder came on as a substitute against Rangers on Sunday after the 26-year-old’s transfer from Dundee. (Daily Record), external
Celtic could be sweating over the fitness of Cameron Carter-Vickers after the United States centre-half was spotted leaving Parkhead in a leg brace after Sunday’s Old Firm victory. (Football Scotland), external