Scotland: Summer Transfers/rumours

[aliando]

all the transfers/rumours to go in here for Scottish leagues

[1875]

John Hughes appointed as Hibernian manager on a 3 year contract. Hibs also complete the signing of Youness Bengalloun.

[JackJarvis]

Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune has agreed personal terms with Celtic, having passed a medical examination with the Scottish Premier League club.
The 27-year-old is expected to sign for the Glasgow outfit in preference to offers from English top-flight clubs Hull, Fulham and Portsmouth.
Nancy agreed a fee of about £3.8m with Celtic and Hull for the player who was on loan to West Brom last season.

And Nancy team-mate Landry N'Guemo is poised for a season's loan at Celtic.

The defensive midfielder, who has spent his entire career with Nancy and made 33 appearances last season, was wanted by Tony Mowbray when the Celtic manager was in charge of West Brom last season.
Mowbray has continued his interest in the 23-year-old Cameroon international - and in Fortune - since moving to Glasgow.
The striker, who was on loan at the Hawthorns last term, arrived in Glasgow on Monday to have a look round Celtic's facilities and is likely to be Mowbray's first signing at the club.

Celtic's manager admitted that his club were unlikely to be able to match the wages being offered by Fortune's suitors from England's top flight.
But he was hoping that Celtic's stature and the fact that he worked with the French Guianan at West Brom would hold sway.

Looks like the deal is nearly done. I think it would have been embarrasing had he chose Hull or Portsmouth over Celtic but thankfully he realises its not all about the money...

[JackJarvis]

Dundee Utd's impressive striker Francisco Sandaza will miss the first two months of the new season after a double hernia.

Hibernian have signed Man Utd's 18 year old reserve player Danny Galbraith on a two year deal.

Blackpool are set to sign Rangers' Charlie Adam for a fee of around £500'000.

Dundee have further bolstered their squad with the signing of Partick Thistle's midfielder Gary Harkins for £150'000. Dundee have already paid a similar fee to Livingston for striker Leigh Griffiths and have also snapped up Brian Kerr from Inverness, Steve Clarke from Clyde and Chris Casement from Ipswich this summer. With the backing of multi millionaire Chris Melville the Dens Park men are already looking hot favourites for the 1st Division title.

[JackJarvis]

Paul Hartley has completed his move to Bristol City after being out of contract with Celtic. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has also left the Hoops and is expected to return to his homeland (Holland).

Motherwell have signed Steve Jennings from Tranmere and new boss Jim Gannon promises it is the first of many new signings after the Fir Park side slumped to a shock 1-0 loss at home to Llanelli in the Europa League last week.

Stirling Albion boss Allan Moore has signed Queen Of The South's Scott Robertson on a one year deal and Dundee Utd midfielder Ross McCord on loan as they look to bolster their squad for a serious launch at the 2nd Division title this season.

Hearts have completed the signing of Polish defender Dawid Kucharski. The 24-year-old has been recruited from top-tier side Lech Poznan, who finished third last term in the Ekstraklasa and also won the Polish Cup. He becomes the third new signing of the close season after Jambos boss Csaba Laszlo snapped up Inverness midfielder Ian Black and Spanish winger Suso Santana.


Freed Falkirk defender Gerard Aafjes has returned to the Netherlands with MMV Maastricht.

Hamilton are considering offering experienced 33 year old centre half Marvin Andrews a contract if he can prove his fitness over the coming weeks whislt undergoing a trial with the club.

Dundee Utd have completed the signing of Slovakian goalkeeper Dusan Pernis.

Scott Severin has ended his 5 year stint with Aberdeen having joined Watford.

Cardiff have signed Paul Quinn from Motherwell.

With new Hibernian boss John Hughes still on the lookout for a goalkeeper, Celtic's out of favour Mark Brown could well be set for a move to Easter Road.

[JackJarvis]

Will update more when I can folks.

[JackJarvis]

Steven Fletcher has joined Burnley for a reported 3 million pounds after leaving Hibernian.

Rangers manager Walter Smith insists his full squad is still up for sale.

Newly promoted Ayr Utd have further bolstered their squad by signing former Clyde defender Billy Gibson on a free transfer. They also landed David O'Brien last month after the 25 year old was released by Dundee.

Partick Thistle have snapped up midfielder Bryan Hodge after he was released by Blackburn Rovers. Hodge is expected to replace Gary Harkins who recently moved to Dundee for £150'000.

Dunfermline have signed midfielder Steven McDougall from Airdrie.

Arbroath are delighted to have snapped up ex Raith Rovers man Steve Hislop. Hislop scored vital goals for Raith in the run in last season but was released after their promotion. He is sure to be a big player in the 2nd Division again this season.

Ross County have signed Dundee Utd's goalkeeper Michael McGovern.

Inverness have yet again been dealt a blow after defender Phil McGuire decided to leave the club last week.

Clyde manager John Brown says he is on his way to completing the signing of a totally new squad after holding open trials for the relegated club. Twelve players agreed to terminate their contracts to prevent the club going into administration at the end of last season while 13 were released.

[JackJarvis]

Some well known ones in there and a few more obscure ones from the lower divisions. Will update on a daily basis and if any of you hear of any others not mentioned above (I'm sure there are still plenty!) then let us know.

[1875]

Hibs complete the signing of Falkirk pair, Patrick Cregg and Kevin McBride.

[JackJarvis]

Hibernian will be looking to other goalkeeping targets as Celtic are looking for cash for out of favour keeper Mark Brown.

Celtic are all set to land Landry N'Guemo on a years loan deal. He said in the Evening Times: "I'm ready for a move. I've two years left on my contract, but I'm ready for a new challenge - and Nancy know that.
"If Celtic want me, I would love to talk to them. They're one of the biggest clubs in European football and the prospect of going there excites me."

The Glasgow giants have also been heavily linked with Derbys' Kris Commons and reports are suggesting Mowbray has already made a £3.5m bid.

[JackJarvis]

Originally Posted by Celticlad

Hibs complete the signing of Falkirk pair, Patrick Cregg and Kevin McBride.

Two very good signings for Hibs, Hughes is definetly rebuilding the team and I think they could be right up there all the way this season. More signings to follow aswell over the coming weeks.

On the other hand I expect Falkirk to struggle this season.

[JackJarvis]

Celtic have sealed the £3.8m signing of Nancy striker Marc Antoine Fortune.

Rob Jones has left Hibernian for Scunthorpe in a reported transfer record fee for the Championship club.

Falkirk have made 3 captures today, Ryan Twaddle has signed from Partick Thistle and they have also sealed two young premiership stars in Ryan Flynn (from Liverpool) and Burnleys Alex MacDonald for the full season on loan.

Hearts have made their fourth summer signing after defender Ismael Bouzid joined them from Turkish club Ankaragacu.

[1875]

Hibs complete the signing of young Everton midfielder Thomas McCready.

Hamilton have sold Brian Easton to Burnley for £350k, Hamilton have knocked back a £1m bid for an un-named premiership club for James McCarthy according to BBC.