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Your club-by-club guide to the January 2026 transfers in Scotland’s second tier.

Who has your Premiership club brought in & let go? – January 2026Who has your Scottish League 1 club brought in & let go? – January 2026Who has your Championship club brought in & let go? – summer 2025Who has your Scottish League 2 club brought in & let go? – January 2026Keep up-to-date with Scottish Championship news on BBC

Airdrieonians

In: Robbie Mahon, forward (Edinburgh City, undisclosed); Dom Thomas, forward (Ayr United); Jake Hastie, midfielder (Ayr United, loan to permanent); Adam Devine, defender (unattached).

Loan in: Charlie McArthur, defender (Newcastle United); Harry Stone, goalkeeper (Heart of Midlothian); Owen Stirton, forward (Dundee United).

Out: Liam McStravick, midfielder (Cliftonville, undisclosed); Cammy Bruce, defender (Crusaders, undisclosed); Andy McNeil, goalkeeper (Brechin City).

Loan ended: Tate Xavier-Jones, forward (Luton Town).

Loan out: Cammy Cooper, forward (Kelty Hearts); Divine Iserhienrhien, forward (Edinburgh City); Cole Williams, midfielder (Edinburgh City); Dylan Williams midfielder (Edinburgh City).

Arbroath

In: Tom Beadling, defender (Western Sydney Wanderers); Scott Robinson, midfielder (Hamilton Academical).

Loan in: Tom Lang, defender (Falkirk); Lewis Gillie, defender (Hibernian).

Out: Nikolay Todorov, forward (Queen’s Park); Arran Pettifer, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Lennon Connolly, midfielder (Clyde); Rocco Hickey-Fugaccia, midfielder (Elgin City).

Loan ended: Brooklyn Kabongolo, defender (Livingston); Taylor Steven, forward (St Johnstone).

Ayr United

In: None permanent.

Loan in: Max Thompson, goalkeeper (Newcastle United); George Finney, defender (Everton); Ben Summers, midfielder (Celtic, to permanent).

Out: Dom Thomas, forward (Airdrieonians); Aaron Brown, forward (Dumbarton); Jake Hastie, midfielder (Airdrieonians, loan to permanent).

Loan out: Curtis Main, forward (Greenock Morton).

Dunfermline Athletic

In: Callumn Morrison, forward (Linfield, undisclosed).

Loan in: Graham Carey, midfielder (Livingston); Olly Thomas, forward (Bristol City); Freddie Turley, defender (Derby County).

Out: Jefferson Caceres, forward (Melgar, undisclosed); Taylor Sutherland, forward (Montrose).

Loan ended: Barney Stewart, forward (Falkirk).

Loan out: Kane Ritchie-Hosler, midfielder (Kelty Hearts); Sam Fisher, defender (Kelty Hearts); Sam Young, defender (East Kilbride); Freddie Rowe, midfielder (East Fife).

Greenock Morton

In: Ian Murray, manager; Fergus Owens, defender (Hamilton Academical).

Loan in: Murray Johnson, goalkeeper (Hibernian); Reuben Lopata-White, defender (Leeds United); Curtis Main, forward (Ayr United).

Out: Billy Davies, interim head coach; Dylan Corr, defender (Kelty Hearts, loan to permanent); Tomi Adeloye, forward.

Loan ended: Sonny Hart, defender (Swindon Town).

Loan out: Kerr Robertson, midfielder (East Kilbride).

Partick Thistle

In: Cale Loughrey, defender (Hamilton Academical).

Loan in: Oisin Smyth, midfielder (St Mirren); Fraser Taylor, midfielder (St Mirren).

Out: Steven Lawless, midfielder (The Spartans).

Loan ended: Sean McArdle, midfielder (Celtic).

Loan out: Thomas Horn, forward (Cumbernauld Colts); Che Campbell, midfielder (East Stirlingshire); Alex Mann, defender (Pollok); Liam Rooney, defender (Pollok); Luis Cameron, goalkeeper (Drumchapel United); Jamie Low, defender (Glenfton Athletic).

Queen’s Park

In: Nikolay Todorov, forward (Arbroath); Ricki Lamie, defender (Hamilton Academical); Callum Smith, forward (Raith Rovers).

Out: Josh Fowler, forward (St Johnstone, undisclosed).

Loan ended: Rocco Friel, defender (Queens Park Rangers).

Loan out: Timam Scott, midfielder (Annan Athletic); Darryl Carrick, defender (Annan Athletic); Aiden McGinlay, midfielder (Clyde).

Raith Rovers

In: None permanent.

Loan in: Andy Winter, forward (Livingston); Innes Cameron, forward (Barrow).

Out: Callum Smith, forward (Queen’s Park).

Loan ended: Josh Gentles, midfielder (Rangers).

Loan out: Callum Hannah, defender (Brechin City); Logan Raeside, midfielder (Dundonald Bluebell).

Ross County

In: Stuart Kettlewell, manager; Jack Wells-Morrison, midfielder (Crystal Palace); Uche Ikpeazu, forward (St Johnstone).

Loan in: Levis Pitan, defender (Piast Gliwice); Sean Mackie, defender (Falkirk); Jayden Carbon, forward (Middlesbrough); Kaedyn Kamara, midfielder (Preston North End).

Out: Ronan Hale, forward (Gillingham, undisclosed); Nicky Clark, forward (Queen of the South); George Robesten, midfielder (Weston-super-Mare); Gary Mackay-Steven, midfielder; Scott Fraser, midfielder; Jack Wells Morrison, midfielder.

Loan out: Jamie Williamson, midfielder (Strathspey Thistle); Andrew MacLeod, midfielder (Strathspey Thistle).

St Johnstone

In: Josh Fowler, forward (Queen’s Park, undisclosed).

Loan in: Alfredo Agyeman, forward (Falkirk); Ruari Paton, forward (Port Vale).

Out: Adama Sidibeh, forward (Stockport County, undisclosed); Uche Ikpeazu, forward (Ross County); Jackson Mylchreest, forward (East Kilbride).

Loan ended: Jannik Wanner, forward (Livingston).

Loan out: Victor Griffith, midfielder (Emelec); Sven Sprangler, midfielder (Newport County); Craig Hepburn, goalkeeper (East Kilbride).

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🗞️ Headlines: Blue and claret kick off Monday

The covers this Monday are tinged with blue and maroon. Not only because of the leadership that FC Barcelona has reclaimed after defeating Levante UD at Camp Nou, but also because another blue and maroon team from a different sport is making headlines: Baskonia.

The sister club of Deportivo Alavés won the Copa del Rey in basketball yesterday after defeating Real Madrid. A triumph that earns them the front pages in the newspapers.

Two colors to start the Monday.

MARCA

AS

MUNDO DEPORTIVO

SPORT

SUPERDEPORTE

ESTADIO DEPORTIVO

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It’s so hard to ‘Keep The Faith’ watching this Celtic team

As I watched Celtic get beaten for the second time this week, I have to admit that the faith I had in this team finally sparking into life at some point this season has completely evaporated…

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Daizen Maeda dejection after Hibs second goal. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO

My patience has run out with this current Celtic squad. I’m sick to death of building my hopes up that we are going to turn a corner and go on a run this season. I’ve finally admitted to myself that it’s not going to happen. This lot don’t have it in them.

Sebastian Tounekti of Celtic. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 Feb rural 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

I had fooled myself in the last few days into believing that yesterday could be the day we burst into life. After Thursday’s embarrassment they would fly out of the traps desperate to prove they are still the top dogs domestically. We were going to hand Hibs a beating, leaving us ready to head to Ibrox and put theRangers out of the title race. It was all a fantasy. I was listening to my heart, not my head.

If I had of listened to my head I would have seen yesterday coming a mile off. I have stated multiple times in my articles this season that this is one of the worst Celtic squads I have seen since the 90s. Many have disagreed with me on this. After what I have seen this past week, no one will change my mind on this.

Hyunjan Yang of Celtic and Nicky Cadden of Hibernian Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

This current squad is made up of three different groups.

Players who aren’t fit to wear the famous hoopsPlayers who want out of the club andPlayers who can no longer perform at their previously high levels.

Auston Trusty and Miguel Chaiwa. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

The vast majority are in the first category. Inferior players who shouldn’t be anywhere near our club.

The second category includes Maeda, Hatate and Yang. Players who all made it known they would have preferred to move on this season but have basically been retained because we didn’t have able alternatives lined up to replace them. Think back to ‘the wantaways’ in the Covid season, Odsonne Edouard, Ryan Christie and Kristoffer Ajer and how that worked out.

Maeda, Hatate and Yang all previously good players who have given a lot to the club but have had their heads turned and have lost their focus.

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Martin O’Neill. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO

The third category includes top players who are now on the decline. McGregor, Schmeichel, Forrest and Tierney. Once vital players for the club but now obviously past their best. The willing is still clearly there, but the output just not once what it was.

All of this creates a squad just not capable of being the winning machine we have all been so fortunate to have become accustomed to over these past few years.

It’s the end of an era and anyone who doesn’t see it needs to take their head out of the sand.

At this point I genuinely can’t see us winning anything this season. Defeatist attitude? Probably. What about keeping the faith? Well I’ve tried that but I haven’t seen anything from this squad that indicates they are capable of putting in the type of performances necessary to go on a winning run between now and the end of these season.

Talking about performances, can you honestly remember any that have been good this season?

Many will point to some of the big European results. The win in Rotterdam. The gutsy draw against Bologna. The win over Utrecht. All good results but against who exactly? Feyenoord were in the middle of an awful run of results. They had their Ultra section closed that night. Bologna were also going through a dismal spell when we met them. Utrecht were the Europa League whipping boys.

Julian Araujo and Nicky Cadden. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

The league campaign has been atrocious. We are almost in March and we have failed to beat our two biggest rivals, theRangers and Hearts, so far this season. We have lost seven out of 27. More losses than both those clubs, more than Motherwell. Same amount of losses as Hibs. Our goal difference is 21, which is way behind Hearts, Motherwell and theRangers. There have only been a couple of games the whole season I can remember us actually dominating.

We should have known yesterday was coming, I haven’t been the only one saying that we couldn’t keep pulling out stoppage time winners. I harped on that our luck was going to run out unless we improved performances. We celebrated wildly after late winners in our past two League games. They were great moments but when you are relying on last minute goals to beat the worst two sides in the league alarm bells should have been ringing.

22.02.2026 Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership. Referee Matthew MacDermid conveys his VAR decision on Auston Trusty red card. Photo Kenny Ramsay IMAGO.

If I take my green tinted glasses off it’s genuinely a struggle to see how we can go on and win the title.

The only glimmer of light is that our two biggest rivals for the title are in all honesty pretty hopeless too. They will certainly drop more points this season but are we good enough to capitalise? At this point you have to say no. If anything the biggest threat could actually be Motherwell. They have the wind in their sails at the moment as the others are battling squalls.

Marcelo Saracchi of Celtic. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 22 February 2026. Photo Mark Runnacles IMAGO Shutterstock

Next Sunday really is the last chance saloon for Celtic.

A draw is probably no longer good enough. We have to head to Ibrox and claim all three points if we are to remain title challengers. A loss and it’s certainly over. Unlike yesterday I won’t be getting my hopes up. I’ve been let down too many times already. I would love to be pleasantly surprised come 2pm next week.

Unfortunately I’m finding it hard to be positive after yesterday’s performance and result. .

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Defeat at Osasuna: Real Madrid makes a decision on Dani Ceballos

Real Madrid has made a decision regarding Dani Ceballos

Defeat at Osasuna: Real Madrid makes a decision on Dani Ceballos

Real Madrid once again lost their grip on the LaLiga top spot after a 2-1 defeat to Osasuna last Saturday. Dani Ceballos, who failed to impress during the match, has now found himself completely sidelined by Los Blancos.

Perhaps Dani Ceballos would have been better off signing with Olympique de Marseille last summer. The Spaniard turned down the Marseille club at the very last minute. Now, he’s enduring a tough season and is facing renewed criticism after his performance against Osasuna on Saturday, in Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat.

According to information from Defensa Central, Real Madrid has decided to sell him after another difficult match. His transfer fee has reportedly been set at 10 million euros, and the club’s management will not stand in the way of his departure.

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Aldridge labels Forest VAR call “corruption” despite Liverpool’s late victory

Liverpool’s dramatic 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest sparked relief at the final whistle, but John Aldridge was still talking about the officiating long after Alexis Mac Allister’s stoppage-time winner.

The former Liverpool striker followed the match in real time and posted a series of reactions online, focusing mainly on the disallowed Mac Allister goal for handball which arrived shortly before the eventual 97th-minute winner.

Even though we ultimately took all three points, Aldridge made it clear he felt the earlier decision crossed a line.

“That’s one of the most corrupt decisions I’ve seen in my 67 years on this earth! Absolute joke.
Ok, we didn’t deserve it but a disgrace to football!” (John Aldridge on X)

Aldridge reacts to Liverpool VAR controversy

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Aldridge’s frustration started at half-time when the performance itself was poor and he acknowledged it openly.

“Well that wasn’t good on the eye! In fact I’m shocked at what I was watching, please don’t use injuries as an excuse!

“I’m delighted it’s 0-0 at ht but Arne’s team talk is just the hairdryer treatment folks.” (John Aldridge on X)

Liverpool had struggled to keep the ball, Florian Wirtz had pulled out in the warm-up, Curtis Jones had been drafted in late, and Dominik Szoboszlai was even asked to cover right-back before Arne Slot reshuffled again.

The moment that truly angered the 67-year-old though came when Mac Allister’s initial goal was ruled out after the ball brushed the Argentina international’s arm from close range.

Mac Allister himself later admitted frustration with the ruling: “It hit my back and my elbow. I understand the rule but if you understand football, that goal should have stood.”

Aldridge doubled down after the final whistle: “We didn’t deserve the win but after that awful decision 😂😂😂 Justice was done folks! YNWA.”

VAR official becomes talking point

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The Liverpool legend even attempted to identify the match officials after the game, linking the call to previous frustrations: “Can someone let me know who was the VAR assistants for our game today folks!

“They need calling out,that decision in football terms is a total disgrace! Yes, I said corrupt and I’ll stand by that, every ex-player would be shocked at that being disallowed!”

He later added: “VAR Tierney! Say no more folks.”

Questions of Paul Tierney’s officiating have surfaced before around Liverpool matches, with pundits previously questioning decisions involving the same official, and Aldridge’s reaction shows how little trust remains among many former players when subjective handball rulings are involved.

In truth, Liverpool did not play well for large parts of the afternoon, Forest had 12 first-half shots, and we survived long periods inside our own box, but football often turns on fine margins.

Mac Allister’s disallowed effort became an argument about officiating, while his stoppage-time winner became an argument about resilience.

Aldridge ended up accepting both realities at once: the performance was below standard, yet the late goal still felt deserved in a different way after the earlier controversy.

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Rangers duo Emmanuel Fernandez and Djeidi Gassama respond to online racist abuse as the extent of Celtic interest in Chivas’ Armando Gonzalez is revealed.

Rangers centre-half Emmanuel Fernandez and winger Djeidi Gassama have called out vile racist abuse they received on social media after Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Livingston. (Daily Record)

Celtic, Barcelona and West Ham United have enquired about Armando Gonzalez’s wage demands but have not yet approached Chivas about the possibility of a transfer for the 22-year-old who could move after playing for Mexico at this summer’s World Cup finals. (Football Insider)

Former Celtic youth coach Darren O’Dea has disclosed he wanted to sign Dylan Reid for the Scottish champions before the 20-year-old midfielder left St Mirren to join Crystal Palace Under-21s, but he says the board refused despite backing from then manager Ange Postecoglou. (The National)

Heart of Midlothian midfielder Blair Spittal is happy to just play his part in their title challenge despite his late call up to start Saturday’s win over Falkirk being only the 30-year-old’s 14th league appearance of the season. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Monday’s English & European transfer rumoursSunday’s Scottish Gossip

Hearts head coach Derek McInnes described Islam Chesnokov as one of the hardest-working wingers he has worked with after the January signing from Tobol scored his first goal for the Scottish Premiership leaders to secure Saturday’s win over Falkirk. (The Scotsman)

Injured Celtic and Canada right-back Alistair Johnston attended Sunday’s ice hockey final at the Winter Olympics in Italy as his home country’s side lost 2-1 to the United States. (Scottish Sun)

Brian Wilson addressed fans outside Celtic Park before Sunday’s match against Hibernian as the interim chairman tries to end the dispute between supporters groups and the board. (Glasgow Times)

The Tartan Army is facing a ban over sporrans at this summer’s World Cup finals in the United States as current rules dictate only bags measuring no more than 6½ x 4½ inches – half the size of Scotland’s national garb – are allowed in the venues where Scotland will play in June. (Scottish Sun)

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There have been times in the past when you are playing Arsenal that Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard are the two players you know you need to stop.

If they could condense play in their areas, teams would think they could control them – and if it goes over to another part of the pitch, they can cope with it.

On Sunday, however, it felt like Arsenal were coming from every angle in the end. Eberechi Eze, especially, was getting on the ball in these pockets of space in front of the Tottenham defence.

That helped Viktor Gyokeres too, because it meant there was more room for him.

Gyokeres had started well anyway, and had a great early chance which he made himself.

It probably helped that he had a yard of pace on Radu Dragusin, who is not the quickest defender, but he played on him nicely and it was clever of him to stay on the left side.

I remember watching a lot of Gyokeres’ goals for Sporting and he liked to come off that flank a lot, and we have not seen him do it enough this season.

That might change now and, when he got his first goal, it was like the weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

Some of the Arsenal fans who are not convinced by him are going to be more on his side now he has scored twice against Spurs, and his goals were top quality too.

I’d say that was one of his best games in an Arsenal shirt and to do it in a north London derby will do him the world of good.

Read more of Murphy’s analysis here

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