Football Talk: Pick the bones out, Izzy for England, comedy fall

Could Emilio Izagruirre be destined for a move to the English Premier League?© SNS Group

A derby draw is the most perplexing of results. Do bragging rights exist in such circumstances?

While Edinburgh picks the bones out of a contest that was as engrossing as it was brutally ugly, fans in need of an easy-on-the-eye moment can pop on Kenny McLean’s thunderbolt at Dens Park.

Stuart McCall’s got his cap in hand and he tries to add weight to his thinning squad.

Sell-out Saturday came up just short of its hoped-for attendance total but it plans to return for New Year. Read an impassioned defence of the project from one of its key supporters.

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Hoops receive £5m bid for Emilio Izaguirre

Honduran left back could be for a move to the Premier League in England, with a striker possibly heading for Celtic Park. (The Scottish Sun)

Stuart McCall asks for cash to strengthen Motherwell squad

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Charles Green says he has settled all Rangers’ football debts

The Rangers chief executive says that all of the club’s outstanding debts to Scottish clubs have been paid. (Daily Record)

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