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Football writer Graham Falk runs through the latest transfer news, views and completed deals on Tuesday 12 August, with Celtic's, Rangers, Hearts and the Scotland national team all hitting the headlines.  #CelticFC #RangersFC #HMFC

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00:00Hello and welcome to Tuesday morning's transfer roundup from the Scotsman football team. My

00:07name's Graeme Falk and I'm going to be looking over some of the main headlines from the Scottish

00:11Premiership this morning. But let's start with some really interesting news from Celtic actually.

00:16It's been a funny old month for the Scottish champions in some ways. They have started the

00:20season in typically strong fashion with wins over Aberdeen and St Mirren of course but it's clear

00:25that they're hoping to add a little bit more to their arsenal over their transfer window before

00:29comes to a close on September 1st. But maybe one move that some people wouldn't have expected and

00:34has been touted over the past 24 hours, a little bit out of the blue, it's Scotland international

00:39Andy Irvin from West Ham United. Central midfield is an area where Celtic are actually extremely

00:45packed with Callum McGregor, Rio Tate, Arnott Engels, Luke McCowan, Benjamin Negrin, Paolo Bernardo,

00:52they're all capable in that position so it's not like they need to add anything extra to it but

00:57according to reports from London the club had a bid of around £2.2 million rejected which is

01:03around £1.75 with add-ons included for further incentives and this claims that if they can reach

01:10a bid of up to £3.5 million that is one that could come to fruition. Nothing massively developing at the

01:18moment outside of that but look let's see how that one develops because I think Celtic are going to be

01:23strengthening before the window closes but central midfield may be not an area where they necessarily

01:28need to strengthen massively but look Andy Irvin's a Scotland national middie's debut against

01:34Lichtenstein I believe in June so certainly one to keep an eye on I think that one but look one story

01:39that is really close to completion is that of real best defender Nobel Mendy who is reported to be

01:47travelling to Glasgow as we speak to undergo a medical with Rangers. Rangers have been extremely

01:54busy in the transfer window but have had a well the worst start since 1989 in the league after drawing

02:01against both Motherwell last weekend sorry two weeks ago and also drawing at home in their opening

02:08home game of the season at Ibrex against Dundee 1-1. The 20 year old is set with agreed personal

02:14terms with both Rangers and Rio Vallecano last week but he's opted to move to Scotland over the weekend

02:20with a fee understood to be in the region of around €3 million again. There will be further add-ons

02:26included in that deal if reports are to be believed but more interesting news perhaps is coming from

02:33Brazil with Rangers supposedly in discussions over a departure for left-back Yefte. Palmeiras have opened

02:42talks over a £5 million move for the defender again I will report that is just based on reports in

02:47Brazil but they're saying that there's a discussion over that move and that £5 million transfer could

02:54happen by the end of the transfer window again another one to really keep an eye on with that. Yefte of

02:59course was linked to Chelsea last year and £5 million I don't know it seems relatively low based on maybe the

03:07the fees that were bandied about close to January but again he hasn't he said well he's had a he's had

03:13an up and down first year at Rangers I think that's one that I think we would need to keep an eye on though

03:20you know I'm not entirely sure 100% whether that would be something that Rangers would want to do and

03:25weaken their left-hand side of course Max Ahrens started the season at left-back. Yefte has come back in recently but

03:32with Yilmaz on the way out it does seem a strange one that Rangers would love to weaken a position

03:37where they're not massively strong at the moment but look staying with four backs but moving to the

03:42capital and looking at Hearts. Hearts are considering cutting short Adam Forrester's loan deal it's in

03:48Johnson after just five days after an injury to new signing Christian Borcher-Grevink

03:54the Norwegian is expected to be out for around six to eight weeks with a thigh injury and Hearts

04:03head coach Derek McInnes is now going to assess Forrester in a bounce game against Ross County

04:08which is scheduled for a day before deciding whether to bring him back to the club as cover for his

04:13injured defender but that's sort of all from this morning I'm sure there'll be more breaking news and

04:18more transfer news as the as the day progresses and as the week progresses and of course the window

04:23comes to a close on September the 1st but please keep an eye on scotsman.com for all the latest news

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04:39straight to your inbox thanks very much for joining I've been Graeme Falk and this has been the

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