RANGERS' Director of Football Mark Allen has revealed that the club are talking to Liverpool about the possibility of extending Ryan Kent's loan deal at Ibrox beyind the end of the season. "We would certainly like to pursue what we do next with Ryan but that is a conversation we have to have with Liverpool Football Club," Allen said.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that left-back Kieran Tierney may need some time out of first-team football to rest and refused to rule out the possibility of the 21-year-old receiving an operation for an ongoing back injury. Rodgers said: "I just don’t think there's a need to really push him through it and inject it and put him in pain every time. He just needs to take a wee breather."

And Rodgers has said that Leigh Griffiths, who is currently on an indefinite leave of absence to deal with personal issues, should be keeping a "low profile" while he is spending time away from football. "I just need to see where it is all at because he is not on holiday," Rodgers said. "I think it’s one where I will take a deep breath and look at it."

Hibernian defender Steven Whittaker has revealed that after being rejected by Manchester City as a youngster, the 34-year-old considered a career as an electrician before being offered a contract at the Leith club. Whittaker said: "I'll be honest, though, at that time I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. I went for a job interview to become an electrician," he recalled. "I can't remember the firm or much about it, really, but I know I didn't get the job!"

New Rangers signing Jermain Defoe says that Rangers legends like Ally McCoist and Kenny Miller inspired him to move to Ibrox. Defoe said: "I know about the history of the football club. When I sign for any football club, I always think about the strikers that were there before me."

Brendan Rodgers has given his take on referee John Beaton's performance during last month's Old Firm derby. The Celtic boss said: "He [Beaton] wasn’t very good on the day, but that can happen to anyone. There’s no doubt that John, for me, was affected by the game. But that’s not the reason we lost."

Defoe has also insisted that he always had the impression that Steven Gerrard would one day take the step into management. "I got that impression with him and Frank Lampard who has also gone on to be a manager," said Defoe. "Sometimes you get players who have that presence. He has always had that presence."

And Defoe says that his move to Rangers feels extra special after the mother of Bradley Lowery, the young fan who Defoe befriended who sadly died of terminal cancer, revelaed that her son had a soft spot for the Light Blues. Defoe said: "When I signed, she [Bradley's mother] said to me that Brads loved Rangers as well, so I was like: wow. It was like this is just meant to be."

The Herald's Stewart Fisher has praised the Star Sixes tournament that took place in Glasgow last weekend, and has called for the return of the Tennent's Sixes, a similar competition that ran from 1984 to 1993.

In tennis, Patrick McEnroe has said that he wouldn't be surprised if Andy Murray retired this year if things don't go the former Wimbledon champion's way. McEnroe said: "I would say that he has got some major question marks."

And in athletics, Eilidh Doyle and Sol Sweeney have returned to Glasgow's Emirates Arena as the build-up to the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow gathers pace.