Even though it's been one of those summers where football literally hasn't stopped – the Premier Sports Cup began before the European Championships finished – I'm still buzzing with excitement for the new Scottish Premiership campaign to begin.

As someone who watches as many games as possible throughout the campaign due to my job, August is always the most keenly anticipated time of the year. At this point, anything is possible: teams will come from nowhere to have a European run, at least one outfit is going to combust in a spectacular way, while players will dazzle with unforeseen skill and others delight in their ineptitude. 

Along with such narratives beginning, August also gives the opportunity to finally judge all the new signings who were made during the summer months.

With that in mind, and to help you, dear reader, also get fired up for the big kick-off the weekend after next, here are seven new recruits to the Scottish top-flight I am most looking forward to seeing when the action gets underway.

Peter Ambrose (Aberdeen)

Six-figure spending wasn't particularly fruitful for Aberdeen last season. Ester Sokler, Leighton Clarkson, Richard Jensen, Slobodan Rubezic and Pape Habib Gueye (yikes) were all bought for large sums of money. While there's some talent in there, it would be a massive understatement to say they failed to find value for what they spent.

That hasn't given the Dons pause for thought this summer, however, as they've delved back into the transfer market to spend (reported) six-figure sums on Dimitar Mitov, Sivert Heltne Nilsen and the aforementioned Ambrose. 

The stats aren't kind on the 22-year-old Nigerian. He doesn't have a strong goals-to-games ratio, a fact underlined by average shooting and touches-in-the-opposing-box numbers, but he's a good size with pace to burn. Rapid forwards are always exciting to watch when they know how to use it. And if he doesn't, it'll be another reason to poke fun at Dave Cormack's club. A real win-win.

Jefté (Rangers)

Rangers are close to saying goodbye to one full-back who likes to bomb forward with reckless abandon, but they now have another one in the form of this 20-year-old Brazilian. 

Saying the words 'Roberto Carlos' would obviously be ridiculous, but he's certainly got something of an old-school Brazilian full-back about him: loves to run with the ball, loves to take on his man, loves to put in a cross and isn't afraid to have a pop himself. Full-backs who like to attack are fun, even if the end result is them earning a dubious penalty in a blue strip. 

Besides, his penchant for constantly trying to beat his man does also leads to a high number of give-aways, so it'll also be fun to watch folk in the Ibrox... er, I mean Hampden stands consistently going radge at him.

Warren O'Hora (Hibs)

Centre-backs are not typically the types of players who generate a lot of excitement coming into a new league, but at Easter Road they are often a source of great entertainment. That said, they might have uncovered someone sensibly solid in the 25-year-old Irishman who made 160 appearances for MK Dons. 

He's got some good, typically contrasting, qualities for a defender in Scotland. He likes to play a bit, but he's aggressive in his defensive duties. And while wants to pressure opposing attackers, he doesn't give away many fouls.

But still, I can't wait for his first Edinburgh derby howler.

Kasper Schmeichel (Celtic)

(A slight cheat as he's played in the league before, but that was 17 years ago so you can probably forgive me for that.)

It's a goalkeeper, so it's not that exciting. And it's a goalkeeper for an Old Firm side, so it's even less exciting. He'll spend most of the season standing around with nobody else within 50 yards of him, after all. But it's always fun when an established English Premier League player comes up the road, even when they've had a brief detour elsewhere as Schmeichel had with Nice and Anderlecht. 

Unless you support the team making the signing, you're always rooting for these guys to fail spectacularly so you can sneer towards the EPL fanboys and use it as undoubted proof that their beloved league is actually a lot of overhyped guff. Though seeing how Joe Hart performed in the Scottish Premiership during his time at Parkhead, it feels unfortunately unlikely in this case.

Filip Stuparevic (Motherwell)

Last season, playing in the top tier of Slovenian football, the Serbian under-21 international scored from his own half on a counter-attack by wellying the ball over the opposition goalkeeper who had drifted just too far from his line. 

He is a man with a lot of confidence but not a terrific goalscoring record. He is either going to be brilliant or awful and I am not entertaining any possibility in between.

Gerald Taylor (Hearts)

Being the big, daft Jambo that I am, this is the new arrival I'm looking forward to seeing the most. I had a good feeling about this deal as soon as it was made. Kenneth Vargas had been a success in his first season at Tynecastle, so it made sense to go back to Costa Rica and pinch one of his international team-mates. And he just has the right... name. Gerald Taylor is a man born to play right-back.

My excitement was then heightened further after he had a barnstorming performance against Tottenham in a friendly at Tynecastle. Or so I was told. I didn't actually see the game because anyone who pays £30 for a friendly is completely off their head.

Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United)

I miss wingers. The rise of three-at-the-back in Scottish football has led to a lot of dull football. Our teams don't have the money to get centre-backs who can defend and play football, while our managers typically prefer defenders (i.e. full-backs) at the wing positions rather than attackers. Thankfully, if last year's Championship was anything to go by, United are going to play with a back four and include wingers in their starting XI, and Trapanovski has the potential to dazzle in Scottish football.

If he can translate his skills from North Macedonia to Scotland (a big if you take into account the differences in culture, style of football etc) then he'll be a great signing. Taking his per-90-minute stats from last season and comparing them to the 35 attacking midfielders who played the most in last year's Premiership, he ranks in the top 10 for (*takes a deep breath*) crosses, dribbles attempted, expected assists, shots, shot assists, progressive runs, fouls won and key passes. He also ranked 11th for touches inside the penalty box. 

Yes, this man should bring some entertainment to Tannadice.