Aberdeen are expected to land former Hibernian and Rangers striker Florian Kamberi before the transfer window closes at midnight.
Scotland Under-21 international Fraser Hornby should also complete a loan move before the deadline.
Aberdeen – who sold last season’s top scorer Sam Cosgrove to Birmingham City yesterday for £2 million and are also expected to loan out 22-year-old attacker Bruce Anderson to Hamilton Accies – will have added much-needed attacking options for the rest of the campaign.
Kamberi and Hornby would join the currently-injured Curtis Main in competing for a starting berth up front.
Derek McInnes opted to play winger Connor McLennan up top in the 0-0 draw with Livingston on Saturday, such was the dearth of options.
No Aberdeen striker has scored from open play since Main’s double against Ross County on December 12.
How good was Florian Kamberi during two years at Hibs?
Swiss-born Albanian Kamberi, is currently with St Gallen.
The 25-year-old has made eight appearances this season without a goal. He scored once in nine games last season – against St Johnstone – in a loan spell with the Gers and previously scored 30 times in 84 games for Hibernian.
It is his spell at Easter Road, particularly his first year-and-a-half, which show he can have an impact for Aberdeen. If he can just recapture that form…
After arriving on loan from Grasshopper in January 2018, Kamberi managed 14 appearances in the Premiership to the end of that season, and was involved in a goal every 115 minutes, finishing with nine strikes and two assists.
Hibs won eight of the games he played in 2017/18, going on a sparkling closing run – with only one defeat after January 27 to finish fourth in the division, with Kamberi a key part of their results.
Kamberi’s numbers for the following full season (2018/19) weren’t quite as good.
In 33 appearances (30 starts, 2607 minutes of football), he managed eight goals and three assists. So in a full campaign, he was involved in the same amount of goals he had been in those 14 starts.
Kamberi nets a stunner in a December 2018 win over Celtic:
However, it was a highly-publicised season of turmoil for the Easter Road club, as Neil Lennon was replaced by Paul Heckingbottom midway through the campaign. Still, Kamberi featured in all but one of Hibs’ league wins as they managed to finish fifth.
In 2019/20, before going on loan to Ibrox, Kamberi made 16 starts and, again, his contribution diminished season-to-season in key areas like goals (three), assists (two) and goal involvements (five).
His shot conversion rate dropped from 21% in his first few months with the club to just 7.9% by his final six months.
But, again, it was a poor season for Hibs, until Jack Ross replaced Heckingbottom in November. Kamberi, for his part, played in all six league victories the team managed before January.
What type of player does Kamberi link up well with?
In his time at Hibs, Kamberi had the best on-pitch understanding with Martin Boyle, the pacey north-east-raised wideman.
Boyle set up Kamberi for three goals over two years, while Boyle was on the receiving end of two Kamberi assists.
Winger Daryl Horgan also teed up Kamberi three times, so it seems an understanding could definitely be forged between the Dons existing attacking talents, Jonny Hayes, Matty Kennedy and Ryan Hedges, and the Swiss Under-21 cap.
Central midfielders like Scott Allan, Stevie Mallan and the Reds own Dylan McGeouch also set up Kamberi for goals in the green of Hibs.