The Scottish Premiership continues to bamboozle, especially the race for the top six with seven teams now separated by four points. It could have been two points if not for Dundee United's late, late, late winner at St Mirren.
St Johnstone also recorded a massive win, defeating Motherwell to put some space between them and rivals Dundee at the bottom of the table. At the top three points continue to separate Celtic and Rangers.
Now the league breaks for two weeks before the final two pre-split fixtures take place. During that time Scotland play two friendlies, one against Poland and one against the losers of Austria v Wales in the World Cup play-off, due to their own play-off with Ukraine being postponed.
Scroll down and click through for all the latest news and transfer speculation from around the SPFL and Scottish football.
5. Ex-Celtic star's struggles
Leo Hjelde’s father revealed the player struggled during the pandemic while at Celtic. The defender made the move to Leeds United last year. His dad said: “We hardly saw him in a year, and he was just sitting in a room to himself. We tried to help where we could, but there were long periods when we could not visit him.” (Dagbladet) Photo: Craig Foy - SNS Group
![Aberdeen ace Lewis Ferguson was watched by Serie A side Cagliari. The midfielder has attracted interest from both Premier League and Italian clubs. He said: “I was told [the scout was there] but I just try to play the way I normally play. If they’re impressed, then they’re impressed. But that sort of stuff doesn’t faze me.” (The Scotsman)](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjdiOTRjMGYzLTcxZTQtNDhiZC05ODBmLWRhOTdhYmJjOWQ5NTozYTViNThmZi03MGE1LTQ2ZTMtODNjNi1iZmVkMWI1MzEzNzQ=.jpg?crop=4:3&trim=&width=640)
6. Ferguson on Serie A interest
Aberdeen ace Lewis Ferguson was watched by Serie A side Cagliari. The midfielder has attracted interest from both Premier League and Italian clubs. He said: “I was told [the scout was there] but I just try to play the way I normally play. If they’re impressed, then they’re impressed. But that sort of stuff doesn’t faze me.” (The Scotsman) Photo: Craig Foy - SNS Group
7. Maeda pulls out of Japan squad
Celtic striker Daizen Maeda has pulled out of the upcoming Japan squad for the World Cup qualifying double header against Australia and Vietnam. The Japanese Football Association said: “The JFA announces that Daizen Maeda has withdrawn from the Japan squad for fitness/condition reasons. No replacement planned.” (Twitter) Photo: Alan Harvey - SNS Group
8. Ramirez 'interest'
Christian Ramirez is reportedly attracting interest from England as well as back in America. The US international striker has impressed for Aberdeen after arriving at the start of the season, scoring 15 goals in 40 appearances for the Dons. There are said to be teams from the Championship and MLS weighing up a summer move. (TransfersMLS) Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group