Thursday 17 January 2013 18:39, UK
Hearts manager John McGlynn will move for young talent from England after the SPL lifted the club's transfer embargo.
But McGlynn and his director of football have been doing their homework by taking in games involving youngsters from the likes of West Ham and Arsenal. "John Murray has been down every weekend since the under-21 league in England started, and I have been down the majority of Monday nights," he said. "So for a number of weeks we have been watching games and trying to cover all the teams. "We have been managing to see right across the board at the English clubs and we'll just need to see if there's anything we can work out. "It's not easy because these are generally players who are not playing in their first teams. "Some of these players are not getting a game because their teams are spending millions of pounds, so you could knock it off and get really good young talent. "But at the same time it's still a test to play in the SPL in a first-team game." The transfer embargo automatically kicked in during September when players and coaches were paid several days late. Some payments were late in October and players deferred their November wages as Hearts raised money to meet a tax bill that threatened to close them down. December wages were paid early but the registration embargo was extended due to a failure to pay bonus and appearance money. Meanwhile, McGlynn faces a selection headache for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Celtic Park, with Ryan Stevenson and captain Marius Zaliukas suspended. Scott Robinson is out with the knock he suffered against Hibernian on January 3 while fellow midfielder Mehdi Taouil is struggling with a foot injury. "It will probably be one of the youngest Hearts teams that's ever been put out," McGlynn said.
