#scottish-teams

#scottish-teams

The table is so tight that the title race and the fight to survive relegation looks like going to the wire, with teams battling for Europe still also looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone.

Toronto FC will consider a permanent transfer for on-loan Rangers midfielder Jose Cifuentes after a strong run of form, indicating his potential value to the team.

"It's the first time in 18 games that I had to have a go. I didn't like that I had to do that. We were passive in the first half, passing side to side, that was not us."

John Rankin has been appointed as the interim manager of Ayr United for the rest of the season, replacing Scott Brown, who left by mutual consent.

"I was scared. I remember right away feeling, oh this isn't right. It was 10, 15 minutes into the game, I blocked a pass against Everton and I knew right away..."

I know how it goes. If you lose those two games, I'm not in the conversation at all. I think we had two relatively-positive performances. Again, still so much about those that I'm not entirely happy about and want to keep improving on, but I think we've got things moving in a decent direction.

"It's a similar situation that we always find in Scotland. If a player outside the Old Firm is doing well, you normally see the Rangers and Celtic linked with them."

I've been linked with every job in Scotland, England, Ireland. I've been in the game a long, long time now, so you just get used to getting linked with stuff. I can't control what people say. It's nice that people think you should be linked with that there. I've got a big enough job to concentrate on Tuesday night than concentrating on anybody else and what you also have to remember is somebody's lost their job, which is horrible.