Scottish gossip: Tanser, Ryan, Chaiwa, Barlaser, Cortes, Nilsen, Sinisalo

Sivert Heltne Nilsen says he left Aberdeen because Haugesund offered him a contract – three years with a potential coaching role beyond that – he could not refuse and it came with the promise of more regular starts and in the 34-year-old’s favoured central midfield role. (Daily Record), external

Viljami Sinisalo says an agreement to have more Celtic game time this season was shelved during management changes this season – until the injury and form decline to fellow goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel pushed the 24-year-old into the first team. (The Herald), external

Former Celtic coach Darren O’Dea says Bournemouth and Scotland winger Ben Gannon-Doak felt he was being held back by the Scottish champions’ “duty of care” despite being handed his first-team debut at 16 – and that the 20-year-old is a “generational talent”. (The Margins), external

Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has revealed that national head coach Carlo Ancelotti sought his counsel over whether to recall 34-year-old Santos forward Neymar for this summer’s World Cup, at which his side will face Scotland. (Football Transfers), external

Heart of Midlothian are awaiting the scan results on defender Oisin McEntee’s suspected hamstring injury – after the verdict came back in Spanish. (Edinburgh Evening News), external

Hibs midfielder Josh Mulligan is “running out of weeks” to make his return from injury this season, but head coach David Gray thinks there is a “strong possibility” the Scotland international could still play. (Edinburgh Evening News), external

Haiti players have been handed a £2m bonus from their government for qualifying for the World Cup, where they are in the same group as Scotland. (The National), external