Rangers flop poised to turn Cristiano Ronaldo replacement as Celtic promote goal machine to first team plans

Rangers and Celtic are back in action this weekend as a busy run of games begins.

The nation will have their eyes on one final international match before those clashes though. Scotland are in Poland on Monday night where a win could seal progress in the Nations League and provide a boost to World Cup qualifying hopes.

Then, the attention turns to domestic matters until the spring. First up in this relentless run for Rangers is Dundee United at Ibrox before Celtic play Hearts at Tynecastle in a night time clash.

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Silva turns CR7 replacement

Fabio Silva could be the man Portugal turn to as a Cristiano Ronaldo replacement tonight in the Nations League vs Croatia. CR7 will be rested with progress sealed, as will Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes, Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Pedro Neto of Chelsea.

Silva - who’s scored four goals in 18 games during a lamented loan stint at Rangers last season from Wolves - has won his first call-up for Portugal after three goals in La Liga for Las Palmas. He could be the man boss Roberto Martinez turns to for back-up.

Martinez said: “There will be squad management for the game in Croatia. In modern football, there is one team that starts and another that finishes. I think that overloading the players is a responsibility that we need to be aware of.”

Goal machine gets Celtic chance to impress

Daniel Cummings will train with the Celtic first team this week, as per Celts are Here. The young forward has netted 20 goals across 18 appearances in all competitions for the Hoops ‘B’ team which has competed across the Lowland League and UEFA Youth League.

Still only 18, he will hope to impress Brendan Rodgers and show he can mix it with the likes of Kyogo and Adam Idah. Daniel Kelly, Rocco Vata, Mitchel Frame and Francis Turley have all had minutes under Rodgers.