Hearts call Forrester back from St Johnstone

Edinburgh Reporter

16 hours ago

Hearts have called Adam Forrester back from his loan at St Johnstone to cover the absence of newcomer, Christian Borchgrevink, who is likely to be sidelined for six to eight weeks.
The 20-year-old, Prestwick-born right-back, only moved to the Perth club last week but is needed to cover a problem area for Hearts.
Jambos head coach, Derek McInnes (pictured), said Forrester, who played over 30 games for the Jambos last season, understands 'the mechanics' on his co-operation move to St Johnstone.
The young player was given game time in a bounce game earlier this week and McInnes said he is back and will be pushing to get into the squad for Saturday's Premier Sports Cup quarter-final clash at St Mirren.
The former Aberdeen and Kilmarnock boss also revealed that Calem Nieuwenhof and Beni Baningime also took part in the bounce game after training the day before the win at Dundee United on Sunday in the William Hill Premiership.
The intention was to add them to the squad for the weekend which leaves Craig Gordon, Jamie McCart, Jamie Pollock and Kenneth Vargas, who has a hip issue, on the injury list.
McInnes said that bringing Forrester back was the 'beauty' of the co-operation loan and he added: 'We felt it was a good move for Adam in terms of minutes which is so important for a young player.
'We could not guarantee that as the club have signed Christian Borchgrevink in the summer and we have had to react. The result of Christian's scan show that he will be out for six to eight weeks. We hope it is not as long as that, and the way Christian is presenting he is not feeling too bad so we are going to treat the symptoms and see how it goes. Bringing Adam back makes so much sense.
'I spoke to Adam face-to-face on Tuesday and we involved Adam in the game on Tuesday. I informed him we were bringing him back and he is good with that. He understand the mechanics of the co-operation loan and he is back in amongst us here trying to get in the team.'
Buying in a replacement does not appear on the cards and McInnes said: 'Despite what everything things, we are not spending millions, we are spending thousands of pounds rather than millions of pounds, we have a budget to work to.
'If money was not object then, possibly, it is something we would to and look at, but we need to balance books here. We have work to do.'
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