Hearts emerge as favourites for Faroese winger, while Celtic face competition for midfield target. Faroe Islands Under-21 winger Aron Benjaminsen is on Hearts’ wanted list and the Edinburgh club are favourites to sign the 18-year-old from Vikingur Gota. (Daily Record – subscription required, external) Hearts have completed a deal for Benjaminsen, with a sell-on clause … Read more
Celtic midfielder rejects transfer approaches as Rangers close in on deal for right-back from Premier League… Celtic midfielder Reo Hatate, 28, has turned down transfer interest from Austria, Greece and the United States. (Herald – subscription required, external) Japan international Hatate wants to play in one of Europe’s top five leagues. (Glasgow Times, external) Celtic … Read more
Rangers have agreed a £6.5m deal to sign PSV Eindhoven winger Couhaib Driouech, 24. (Anthony Joseph, external) Meanwhile, Rangers are pushing to sign James Penrice, 27, and have submitted a loan offer with purchase option, but AEK Athens want a permanent transfer for the former Hearts full-back. (Barry Anderson, external) And Belgium and Club Brugge … Read more
Kasper Høgh scored a hat-trick, his first goals for Celtic, as the Scottish champions made light of the absence of their manager Martin O’Neill with a 5-1 win away to Kilmarnock on Sunday. Victory made it two wins out of two Scottish Premiership games for Celtic, with 74-year-old boss O’Neill missing the trip to Rugby … Read more
PSV Eindhoven have rejected Rangers’ improved £6m offer for winger Couhaib Driouech and Burnley and Celta Vigo have now entered the race to sign the 24-year-old, with talks at an early stage. (Sky Sports, external) Driouech has a slight preference for Celta Vigo after the Spanish club entered the race to sign the PSV Eindhoven … Read more
Sunday navel gazing after a bruising midweek in Europe is becoming all too familiar for Scottish football, but this time Motherwell and Hibernian can look forward to second legs with some real hopes of progress, albeit in the third-tier Conference League qualifiers. The Lanarkshire side will hope to finish off the job after a 1-1 … Read more
The final moments of last season’s Scottish Premiership title race will eventually be forgotten, lost to history amongst an ocean of Celtic trophies. For just a few weeks, Scotland had the attention of the football world. The prospect of Celtic winning a 56th championship wasn’t the draw. A midweek match between Motherwell and Celtic attracted … Read more
Benjamin Nygren was quickly back on the goal trail as Celtic began the defence of their Premiership title with a 1-0 home win over Dundee. Before the game, Celtic fans cheered as the captain, Callum McGregor, unfurled the flag which confirmed again a 14th title win in 15 seasons. It was all a bit flat … Read more
Hearts’ miserable summer continued as they conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 to Aberdeen in their Premiership opener at Pittodrie. Wouter Vrancken and Hearts looked on course for a much-needed victory after a turbulent few months as they led through Oisin McEntee’s first-half goal. But just as they looked to be closing out a … Read more
Thelo Aasgaard earned Derek McInnes his first point as Rangers manager as they fought back for a 1-1 draw against Dundee United. Lachlan Rose struck the first goal of the Premiership season to give United a half-time lead at Tannadice. Rangers lacked control in possession in the opening period but they looked more threatening after … Read more