THE danger of failing to tie down key players on long-term contracts was laid bare in the north-east this week.
Kenny McLean is set to depart Aberdeen after manager Derek McInnes admitted on Tuesday that they could look to cash in on the midfielder in January so as not to lose him for free next summer.
The Pittodrie outfit are far from alone in being at risk of losing key players for nothing at the end of the campaign and we have compiled a list of every Ladbrokes Premiership star currently on course to exit their club.
Who would you like to see your club tie down on a new deal before it’s too late?
Aberdeen (8)
Kenny McLean
Nicky Maynard
Kari Arnason
Danny Rogers
Anthony O’Connor
Dominic Ball
Craig Storie
Frank Ross
Celtic (2)
Dorus de Vries
Liam Henderson
Dundee (12)
Josh Meekings
Paul McGowan
Scott Bain
Kostadin Gadzhalov
Kevin Holt
Mark O’Hara
Julen Etxabeguren
Elliot Parish
Jesse Curran
Sam Dryden
Lewis Spence
Kerr Waddell
Hamilton Accies (15)
Ali Crawford
Giannis Skondras
Xavier Tomas
Grant Gillespie
Georgios Sarris
Michael Devlin
Dougie Imrie
David Templeton
Louis Longridge
Danny Redmond
Darren Jamieson
Rakish Bingham
Darren Lyon
Shaun Want
Alex Gogic
Hearts (7)
Jamie Walker
Prince Buaben
Aaron Hughes
Jon McLaughlin
Viktor Noring
Krystian Nowak
Angus Beith
Hibernian (5)
Liam Fontaine
Dylan McGeough
Scott Martin
Ryan Porteous
Fraser Murray
Kilmarnock (10)
Chris Burke
Jamie MacDonald
Kris Boyd
Scott Boyd
Steven Smith
Rory McKenzie
Gordon Greer
Greg Kiltie
Alexander Samizadeh
Brad Spencer
Motherwell (11)
Louis Moult
Stevie Hammell
Andy Rose
Liam Grimshaw
Ryan Bowman
Deimantas Petravicius
Charles Dunne
Russell Griffiths
Ellis Plummer
Shea Gordon
George Newell
Partick Thistle (10)
Stuart Bannigan
Abdul Osman
Callum Booth
Steven Lawless
Paul McGinn
Milan Nitriansky
Mustapha Dumbuya
Danny Devine
Ryan Scully
Kevin Nisbet
Rangers (6)
Niko Kranjcar
Danny Wilson
Kenny Miller
Ryan Hardie
Jordan Thompson
David Bates
Ross County (14)
Michael Gardyne
Christopher Routis
Alex Schalk
Craig Curran
Marcus Fraser
Jason Naismith
Tim Chow
Kenny van der Weg
Aaron McCarey
Dylan Dykes
Reghan Tumilty
Russell Dingwall
Blair Malcolm
Davis Keillor-Dunn
St Johnstone (14)
Steven Anderson
Murray Davidson
Steve MacLean
Chris Millar
Alan Mannus
Paul Paton
Graham Cummins
Blair Alston
Scott Tanser
Ally Gilchrist
Craig Thomson
Kyle McClean
Callum Hendry
Ben McKenzie
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