Hibs and Hearts both enjoyed securing another three points in the Scottish Premiership‘s return to action as the Hibees beat Dundee 2-1 across the bridge and Hearts took down their former player and manager Craig Levein to beat St Johnstone 1-0.

The fans of the latter, however, appeared less enthused by their side’s triumphs and have come to criticise their squads manner of play. The Jambos are sitting fourth in the league, having enjoyed their third successive league win which marks the first time this has been accomplished since January 2022.

Aston Villa are very interested in Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney, the 26-year-old Scotland left-back who is on loan at Real Sociedad – and the La Liga club are also keen on signing the former Celtic defender permanently (Football Transfers).

The Scotland international was sent to Spain in the summer but his Gunners manager Mikel Arteta retains a long-term interest in the player, hoping he will be back at the Emirates for the 2024/25 season. However, Real Sociedad have ramped up their interest in buying the player and may well push to make the deal permanent at the end of the season while Premier League’s Aston Villa are also keen to invest in the 26-year-old as it has been reported Unai Emery is becoming unhappy with Lucas Digne at left-back.

Emery was the Arsenal manager who took Tierney to the Emirates from Celtic back in 2019 for £27 million and the Scotland star is now set for a three way transfer battle next summer.

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