We're all set for another fascinating Scottish Premiership campaign and Edinburgh rivals Hearts and Hibernian will be looking to deliver a strong showing on both the domestic and continental stage.
Hearts head into the new season intending to bounce back from their agonising final day defeat to Celtic which resulted in the Jambos relinquishing the Scottish Premiership title to Martin O'Neill's men, despite heading the standings for all but two weeks of the campaign.
It's been all change at Tynecastle since then. Most of the individuals to walk through the exit door have traded Edinburgh for Glasgow, cherry-picked by a Rangers revolution.
Lawrence Shankland was the first to make the trade, and the talismanic striker was followed by manager Derek McInnes before Cammy Devlin rocked up at Ibrox.
The Hearts hierarchy, now under the influence of Tony Bloom and his analytical model, opted to name Wouter Vrancken as McInnes' successor after the Belgian coach guided Sint-Truiden to third in the Belgian Pro League last season.
Hearts were always going to be busy in the summer transfer window, even without the departures of key personnel, and their recruitment strategy has witnessed them purchase players from Forest Green in England's National League to FC Rouen in France's Ligue 3.
The club were lauded after unearthing the likes of Claudio Braga and Alexandros Kyziridis from Norway and Slovakia respectively, but there's a sense Hearts may require some time to get up to speed this season in light of the seismic overhaul.
Hibernian, on the other hand, have embraced a summer of continuity after finishing fifth behind Motherwell last term.
Outgoings have been minimal - the only notable departure so far is Élie Youan to Wisla Krakow - and the club have dipped into England's League One and Championship markets for the signings of Jason Kerr, Callum Wright and Nathan Lowe, who has made a promising start to life at Easter Road.
David Gray's side were often effective but uninventive for large portions of last season and the former Manchester United defender must find a way to take the handbrake off his team if they're to trouble the sides at the top of the standings.
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