As Rangers gear up for their return to the Premiership, there are a couple of transfer tales that will act as a bit of a dampener to proceedings.

As news emerges that Ronaldo ( Luís Nazário de Lima, not Cristiano) was once on the verge of a move to Ibrox, it also seems that any deal for another footballing icon, Adrian Mariappa, is all but over.

Elsewhere, Celtic's interest in Blackburn defender Shane Duffy is reciprocated as the Ewood Park outfit eye-up winger James Forrest. Swap deal anyone?

And as Manchester United fans continue to bite their nails over the Pogba saga, there is some positive news on the transfer front: they've signed Richard Branson.

It's all in today's transfer talk.