📒 Random Scottish Football Fact #137:
Scott McTominay's transfer from Manchester United to Napoli is the highest fee paid for a Scottish player to date.INCOMING TRANSFERS
🔵 The biggest deal of transfer deadline day was Rangers' signing of Youssef Chermiti from Everton in a deal worth up to £10 million. The forward has signed a four-year contract. - Christopher Jack, Rangers Review
🔵 Rangers also signed Derek Cornelius from Marseille. The Canadian defender has joined on loan with an option to buy. - Andy Coyle, STV
🔴 Aberdeen re-signed striker Kevin Nisbet from Millwall. The 28-year-old Scottish Cup winner was on loan last season, but the Dons have signed him permanently this time on a three-year deal. The fee is reportedly £300,000. - Aberdeen FC website
🔴 Aberdeen also signed Bologna's Swedish winger Jesper Karlsson on loan. The 27-year-old played under Jimmy Thelin at Elfsborg before moving to AZ Alkmaar. - Aberdeen FC website
🟢 Celtic signed Tunisian winger Sebastian Tounekti on a five-year deal from Swedish side Hammarby IF. The Scottish champions reportedly paid around £5.2m for the 23-year-old. - Ryan McGinlay, The Celtic Way
✍️ Motherwell signed Celtic defender Stephen Welsh on loan. - Motherwell FC website
🦁 Livingston made a double loan signing from England yesterday.
The Lions signed 20-year-old Spanish midfielder Mahamadou Susoho from Manchester City. Susoho spent part of last season on loan at Peterborough United. - Livingston FC website
They also signed 21-year-old right back Junior Robinson from West Ham United. - Livingston FC website
✍️ Falkirk signed 20-year-old defender Filip Lissah from Swansea City on a season-long loan. - Falkirk FC website
⚫️ St Mirren signed 26-year-old forward Dan Nlundulu from Bolton Wanderers on a one-year deal. - St Mirren FC website
✍️ Partick Thistle signed 25-year-old midfielder Oisin Smyth on loan from St Mirren. - Partick Thistle website
⚫️ Dunfermline Athletic signed 21-year-old Ghana defender Nurudeen Abdulai from Ghanaian club Medeama SC for an undisclosed fee. - Iain Collin, The Courier
🔵 Greenock Morton signed defender Aaron Comrie on a one-year deal following his departure from Dunfermline Athletic this summer. - Greenock Telegraph
LEAVING SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
✍️ Hearts sold forward Musa Drammeh to Portuguese second-tier side SCU Torreense for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old left after just one season at Tynecastle. - Joel Sked, Hearts Standard
🔵 Rangers sold Cyriel Dessers to Panathinaikos for £3.5m. - Joshua Barrie, Rangers Review
🔵 Another departure from Rangers yesterday was Oscar Cortes. He joined La Liga Segunda club Sporting de Gijón on loan. The Colombian signed permanently at Ibrox this summer after an obligation to buy clause was in his loan agreement last season. - Rangers FC website
🟢 Adam Idah completed his move from Celtic to Swansea City. The deal is worth up to £7m. - Josh McCafferty, The Herald
🔵 St Johnstone sold Makenzie Kirk to Portsmouth for a fee close to £500,000. - Eric Nicholson, The Courier
🔴 Aberdeen sold Shayden Morris to EFL League One side Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. - Sean Wallace, The Press & Journal
🦁 Miles Welch Hayes had his contract terminated at Livingston. - Livingston FC on X
🟠 Richard Odada left Dundee United to ‘pursue other opportunities’. The Kenyan midfielder made 13 appearances for the Tannadice club. - Dundee United website
OTHER SCOTTISH RELATED TRANSFERS
🔴 Scotland defender Dominic Hyam has signed for Wrexham from Blackburn Rovers for a deal worth approximately £2m. - Dafydd Pritchard, BBC
✍️ Former Scotland Under-21 international Scott Banks has signed for EFL League One club Blackpool on a season-long loan deal from Bundesliga side FC St Pauli. The former-Dundee United midfielder played 12 times in the German top flight last season. - Blackpool FC website
🔴 Former Hearts and Rangers goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin has signed for Middlesbrough. - Ben Banks, Edinburgh Evening News
✍️ Scotland youth international Michael Mellon has signed for EFL League Two Oldham Athletic on loan. - Burnley FC website
DEALS THAT NEVER HAPPENED
❌ A transfer that never materialised was Lyndon Dykes loan move to Hibernian after a deal couldn’t be agreed with Birmingham City. - Patrick McPartlin, Hibs Observer
❌ Celtic winger Hyun-Jun Yang's £3m move to Birmingham City collapsed in the early evening yesterday. - Martin McMillan, Glasgow Times
❌ Another deal that collapsed was Ryan Jack’s move to Dundee from Turkey. - George Cran, The Courier
OTHER NEWS
🆕 Former Manchester United striker David Bellion has been appointed as Head of Culture at Lowland League club Caledonian Braves. His remit includes player culture development and mentorship, brand strategy and positioning, content creation and storytelling, community engagement, partnership development. - Caledonian Braves website
🤕 Hamilton Academical will be without Barry Maguire for up to 12 weeks due to a groin tear. - Hamilton Academical on X
🆕 Lowland League club East Stirlingshire have appointed Callum Tapping as their new manager. - East Stirlingshire on Facebook
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES TODAY
➡️ PARKS MOTOR GROUP LOWLAND LEAGUE
Berwick Rangers v Heart of Midlothian B
Bonnyrigg Rose v Albion Rovers
Caledonian Braves v Gretna 2008
Clydebank v Bo’ness United
Cumbernauld Colts v Cowdenbeath
Tranent v East Stirlingshire
(all 7.45pm kick-offs)
🏆 NORTH OF SCOTLAND CUP SEMI-FINAL
Forres Mechanics v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (8pm)
Plus fixtures in the East of Scotland Football League. View all fixtures on the Scottish Football Fixtures website
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