It felt inevitable and finally one of the best defenders in Scotland made a big decision over his future.Rangers got their man as John Souttar looks set to pen a pre-contract agreement.
He could replace Connor Goldson who is out of contract at the end of the season but talks are expected over a potential move now.Danilho Doekhi, the Vitesse Arnhem skipper, is another who appears to be Gio van Bronckhorst's radar.Celtic have also been hard at work.
Ange Postecoglou added Johnny Kenny as his fourth addition and while he insists no more deals are in the works for now, that could change if the likes of Albian Ajeti or Boli Bolingoli move on.Aberdeen have landed American Dante Polvara so far but and would like to follow that up with the pre-contract agreements of Zander Clark and Jamie McGrath.Hearts have tied Michael Smith down to a new deal and he joins Craig Gordon, Craig Halkett and Stephen Kingsley in committing his future to Tynecastle.
Meanwhile Shaun Maloney is ramping things up at Hibs after Rocky Bushiri arrived on loan from Norwich with an option to buy.
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