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Celtic linked to 10-cap ace, Rangers eye move for international, Aberdeen receive bid - Scottish transfer news All the latest Scottish transfer news on Tuesday morning - including reports from Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Dundee and beyond. The Scottish Premiership transfer window reports and rumours are in full swing this week, as clubs across the country look to add the finishing touches to their squad ahead of the September 3 deadline. In your Tuesday morning transfer bulletin, we’ve got the all the latest news from Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Dundee and beyond. Sign up to The Scotsman’s daily football newsletter to get unrivalled Scottish football news and analysis - subscribe for free here. Dundee consider deal for American Dundee head coach Steven Pressley is considering a loan deal for Bournemouth defender Matai Akinmboni this week, hailing the potential arrival of the American as “exciting”. The teenage centre-back signed a long-term deal with the Cherries in January 2025, but has yet to start a game at the Vitality Stadium and is looking to get some senior experience in the season ahead. Akinmboni, 19, has joined the club on a two-week trial basis to allow Pressley to run the role over him, and the Dark Blues boss confirmed the club are eyeing a potential loan deal for the player after taking a closer look at his talents. “He trained with us today,” Pressley said on Monday. “We’ll assess him over the period. He looks like an interesting player. I’m looking forward to seeing him over the period and assessing him. He seems a very pleasant character. I spoke to him at length today. We’re excited by him. He comes with a lot of hope and high regard from Bournemouth.” Beginning his career at Loudoun United in Virginia, he moved to MLS side DC United at just 16, going on to make 11 senior appearances at Audi Field before being snapped up by Bournemouth a little over 18 months ago. Aberdeen receive bid Aberdeen look set to lose goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov this summer after receiving a six-figure offer for the goalkeeper from 2. Bundesliga outfit St Pauli. The 29-year-old has been linked with a departure from Pittodrie throughout the summer, with head coach Stephen Robinson admitting that several clubs had shown interest in the stopper. After signing experienced German stopper Marius Muller last month, the Aberdeen boss admitted: “There has been a lot of interest in Dimi, without there being anything concrete. It would be wrong of me and the board not to be prepared for that. We felt when the opportunity came up, we weren’t in a rush for it but when Marius came up it was too good an opportunity to turn down. It leaves us is a good position should something come in.” And something has now come in for Mitov according to a report from journalist Scott Burns. St Pauli were understood to have originally approached the Dons with a view to a loan move, but have now moved to a permanent transfer, with the Bulgarian international keen on making the switch to the Millerntor-Stadion. The German side are expected to wrap up the move quickly. Rangers eye move for international Rangers are considering a move for Club Brugge right-back Hugo Siquet. The 24-year-old, a former teammate of current Ibrox star Nico Raskin at Standard Liege, has been capped once by the Belgian national team and is said to be on the radar of manager Derek McInnes as he looks to bolster his options at full-back. According to a report from journalist Santi Aouna of Footmercato, the club are closely monitoring the situation of Siquet, who is under contract until 2028, with a view to making a move for the former SC Freiburg. Rangers have also been credited with an interest in Aston Villa youngster Kosta Nedeljkovic, with the defender thought to be available for a transfer this summer after spending last season with RB Leipzig. Meanwhile, Rangers midfielder Mohamed Diomande has reportedly landed in Istanbul to undergo his medical and put the finishing touches on a £4.5million transfer to Corum FK. The Turkish side confirmed the signing of Hearts winger Alexandros Kyziridis yesterday, and now want to add the Ivorian ahead of their league opener against Galatasaray on Friday. Celtic linked to 10-cap ace Celtic are keeping tabs on England international goalkeeper Nick Pope after the goalkeeper dropped down the pecking order at Newcastle United this summer, according to reports. The veteran stopper has been a regular starter at St James' Park since joining in a £7million deal from Burnley in the summer of 2022, but fell to third choice after the arrival of Ewen Jaouen and Lukas Hornicek for a combined fee of £45m last month. Capped 10 times by the Three Lions, the 34-year-old is said to have interest from both Celtic and Ipswich Town ahead of the transfer deadline, with Hoops manager Martin O'Neill reportedly planning further reinforcements to strengthen their chances of Champions League qualification. Pope joined up with the Newcastle squad for their warm-weather training camp in La Manga last week, but was omitted from the starting XI that beat Valencia 2-1 at the Mestalla at the weekend, prompting talks with new head coach Matthias Jaissle over his immediate future. “I had a talk with Nick and he knows exactly the situation right now,” said Jaissle. “We need to deal with it in the best possible way. But I appreciate the human beings and I respect what he’s done in his career. I wanted to give the new signing 90 minutes.” Meanwhile, Celtic are close to completing a deal for Real Oviedo winger Haissem Hassan. According to Sky Sports, the Egypt international is expected to sign for a fee of around £6 million upfront, with add-ons pushing the deal to £9 million. Comments Want to join the conversation? Please or to comment on this article.