The Pre-Summer-2017 transfer rumours and hearsay all inclusive Thread

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In December he can only sign a piece of paper he cannot play for us until 1 year from now. That 6 months is a red herring. There is 11\2 months of the window to go so who is to say Hearts won't get higher offers. Hearts don't want rid of him so why should they give him away on the cheap. We wanted rid of Garner and that is the difference in prices.

 

if he signs a pre contract in January then Hearts will get what they can to let him go early.....£200k if they're lucky

call their bluff......£600K end of

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Jamie Walker: Hearts turn down second Rangers bid for attacker

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Jamie Walker

Jamie Walker has been a regular in the Hearts team over the past five years

Hearts have rejected a second bid from Rangers, believed to be in the region of £600,000, for winger Jamie Walker.

 

Hearts value the Scotland Under-21 international at around £1m.

 

The 23-year-old attacker is contracted at Tynecastle until next summer and has turned down the offer of an extension.

 

Walker, who has made more than 180 appearances for Hearts and who scored 15 goals last season, can sign a pre-contract agreement with another club from 1 December.

 

Rangers' initial bid was rejected on Wednesday.

 

Hearts director of football Craig Levein said last month that Walker wanted to leave the club.

 

The club subsequently stated "the player would prefer to see out the remaining year of his contract".

 

Rangers finished third in the Scottish Premiership - two places and 21 points above Hearts - and have signed defenders Bruno Alves and Fabio Cardoso, midfielder Ryan Jack and forwards Daniel Candeias and Dalcio this summer.

 

The club, who will enter the first qualifying round of the Europa League later this month, have also had a second offer for Norwich City midfielder Graham Dorrans turned down.

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If media reports are to be believed we have spent far more this summer on others.

 

Maybe so....but none are player from Hearts, who are entering their last year of contract. They have either been end of contract or mid-contract.

Edited June 16, 2017 by Darthter

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It makes no sense whatsoever for hertz or any Scottish club to let players leave for nothing when their contracts run down after they've spent a great deal of time, money & effort bringing them thro' their youth systems.

If there's £600k on the table for Walker I'd have thought hertz would be pretty stupid to refuse it & risk getting nothing at all

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Is Walker better than McKay? I don't think so. Wouldn't it be better to give the half million we're reported to have offered Hearts for Walker to McKay and ensure he stays at the club?

 

Getting McKay to sign an extension is more important/valuable to us than giving Hearts £1m for Walker, IMO.

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Getting McKay to sign an extension is more important/valuable to us than giving Hearts £1m for Walker, IMO.

 

McKay needs to make his mind up if he's signing a new contract. If not he should be sold.

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McKay needs to make his mind up if he's signing a new contract. If not he should be sold.

 

Absolutely, also he needs to make his mind up if he wants to be a mainstay in the team and possibly go onto better things!, he has the ability but he needs to show more consistency.

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McKay needs to make his mind up if he's signing a new contract. If not he should be sold.

 

I'd chase him Rab.

Some anorak somewhere should be able to post the stats on how many times he gets a cross in from a corner, free kick or open play.

A winger who can't get a ball into the box is no good to any team.

Edited June 16, 2017 by boabie

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Absolutely, also he needs to make his mind up if he wants to be a mainstay in the team and possibly go onto better things!, he has the ability but he needs to show more consistency.

 

But he now has a Rangers manager whose demands & expectations are far higher than what McKay has been used to.