Scottish Football Gossip: Butland’s Title Race Defiance and Gerrard’s Past Interest in Beale

Despite an eight-point deficit behind Aberdeen and an eleven-point gap from Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic, Rangers’ goalkeeper and vice-captain Jack Butland asserts that the Ibrox club remains a participant in the title race. (Mail) Separately, it is reported that Steven Gerrard had desired to recruit Michael Beale to Al-Ettifaq at an earlier juncture, but this was not possible due to Beale’s then-position as manager of Rangers. (Record) These items are among the Scottish football gossip circulated on Monday.