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What your Premiership club still needs before the transfer window closes
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What your Premiership club still needs before the transfer window closes

August 24, 2026 at 07:41 AM
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BBC Sport previews the remaining transfer priorities for each club in the Scottish Premiership as the window enters its final days.

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BBC Scotland assesses the 12 top-flight clubs' needs as the transfer deadline approaches.

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A roundup editorial examining the squad gaps and last-minute targets for Scottish Premiership clubs ahead of the close of the transfer window. The piece walks through each side's priorities, covering potential signings, areas of weakness, and pending deals that could shape the run-in of the season. It provides fans and observers with a club-by-club snapshot of who might still be active before the deadline passes.

Chance analysis

Transfer deadline roundups serve as a useful temperature check on where each club's squad-building stands, and the final days of the window often produce the most consequential moves — late loans, bargain free-agent pickups, and panic buys that reshape depth charts. For followers of the Scottish Premiership, this piece offers a one-stop guide to which teams are still searching for reinforcements and which positions remain unsettled, framing the narrative around the league's competitive balance in the second half of the season.

Impact

Provides a club-by-club overview of likely transfer activity that could alter squad depth across the Scottish Premiership in the short term.

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CelticRangersHeartsAberdeenMotherwellKilmarnockSt MirrenHibernian

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What your Premiership club still needs before the transfer window closes

BBC Sport previews the remaining transfer priorities for each club in the Scottish Premiership as the window enters its final days.

Article summary

A roundup editorial examining the squad gaps and last-minute targets for Scottish Premiership clubs ahead of the close of the transfer window. The piece walks through each side's priorities, covering potential signings, areas of weakness, and pending deals that could shape the run-in of the season. It provides fans and observers with a club-by-club snapshot of who might still be active before the deadline passes.

Transfer deadline roundups serve as a useful temperature check on where each club's squad-building stands, and the final days of the window often produce the most consequential moves — late loans, bargain free-agent pickups, and panic buys that reshape depth charts. For followers of the Scottish Premiership, this piece offers a one-stop guide to which teams are still searching for reinforcements and which positions remain unsettled, framing the narrative around the league's competitive balance in the second half of the season.

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Aug 24, 2026, 7:41 AM
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  • Celtic
  • Rangers
  • Hearts
  • Aberdeen
  • Motherwell
  • Kilmarnock
  • St Mirren
  • Hibernian

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