Tierney, McTominay, Ferguson and Ramsay at transfer crossroads as 4 Scottish superstars face huge summers

With the season almost done both north and south of the border, attention is firmly focussed on transfers and who might be playing where this season.

It may be just as busy in the cinch, but the real big money is exchanged down south and a few Scottish stars could be set for pastures new despite playing for some mammoth clubs. From Steve Clarke’s point of view, he’ll hope his big names playing in the English Premier League will stay at a high level as he plots our route to Germany 2024.

But more importantly, he needs his boys playing regularly so he can justify picking them and they continue to do the business in dark blue after an impressive start to the latest qualifying campaign. A crunch clash with Erling Haaland’s Norway looms next month, and a positive result in Oslo could see Scotland take a massive step towards automatic qualification ahead of our Scandinavian sort-of-neighbours.

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But it comes bang in the middle of silly season and minds will understandably be on club fixtures as well as international commitments. At least two of our main men are facing an uncertain summer, while others could be poised for moves that advance their careers and help them kick on a level. Record Sport looks at the foursome who face an interesting few weeks.

The former Celtic star’s exit from Arsenal has been mooted for months now. Tierney finds himself behind Oleksandr Zinchenko in Mikel Arteta’s Emirates pecking order and doesn't seem content to accept his status as such. Newcastle have been heavily linked with the left back.

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