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Scotsman
3 days ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Transfer movement at Hearts as new signings jet into Edinburgh ready for the SPFL
Sabah Kerjota and Pierre Landry Kabore will soon play in the SPFL Sign up to our Hearts newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Prospective Hearts signings Sabah Kerjota and Pierre Landry Kabore are arriving in Edinburgh to complete moves to Tynecastle Park. Neither is likely to be available in time for Saturday's Premier Sports Cup opening tie against Dunfermline Athletic, but both should be confirmed as Hearts players in the coming days. Kerjota's £120,000 transfer from the Italian Serie C club US Sambenedettese is agreed and his registration with the Scottish Football Association should be processed first. He is a left-footed Albanian winger who favours the right flank. With 10 goals and 11 assists as Sambenedettese gained promotion from Italy's regional leagues last season, the 23-year-old's form attracted attention from Hearts. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Kabore is likely to take slightly longer. As an African arriving in the UK, he must go through a different immigration process. Tynecastle officials are paying a modest fee to bring the 24-year-old Burkina Faso internationalist to Scotland from the Estonian side JK Narva Trans, where he scored 12 goals in 15 league games. He is also a left-footed winger who plays on the right but scored many goals as a striker this season. Hearts head coach Derek McInnes spoke about both prospective new recruits ahead of Saturday's match. 'One of them is here just now in Edinburgh, the other one lands tomorrow,' he confirmed. 'There's nothing we can say officially other than Kerjota might be the easier one to do and might be done quicker because of rules and regulations. He has not had a pre-season so we are going to have to wait a bit for him to get up to speed and get work into him. Kabore is ready to play but can't play yet - not available for Saturday or Tuesday [against Hamilton] but possibly next Saturday [against Stirling Albion].' Departures from the Hearts first-team squad are inevitable before the summer transfer window closes on 1 September. None are imminent, though. 'Not really,' confirmed McInnes. 'There are a few enquiries for one or two of the younger lads. We've got Liam Mcfarlane out [to Alloa] and big Lewis Neilson [to Falkirk] out on great loans for both lads. 'When you get one or two injuries in the squad - we had 21 outfield players training today, which is a good number, the kind you want to work with. In recent weeks it's been 26 or 27, which is unmanageable from a training and working perspective, but also from a financial perspective. As teams get selected and players maybe aren't getting enough game time, that will happen quite naturally but we're not at that juncture yet.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad SPFL friendly brings an 8-0 win for Hearts McInnes watched his team record an 8-0 pre-season friendly win against League Two newcomers East Kilbride on Tuesday evening and declared the outing a success. 'Very good,' he said. 'It was a good game for us because of how East Kilbride like to play. They want to dominate the ball, they want to try and bring teams on to you. So even just from a purely fitness point of view, it was perfect. 'I always like to play a team like that pre-season where you know you're going to have to get after them. You know you're going to have to be organised. You're going to have to bob on really or they'll play through your press. We were magnificent at that, turning the ball over. I wouldn't say we were clinical because we did miss loads of chances, but it's good to get all your strikers in front of goal, scoring goals, missing good chances. It was all my attacking players who got involved. 'A clean sheet was good. We never really had any real scares. I thought from a fitness point of view, and even from a confidence point of view, it's good for the players to have a game like that. It wasn't easy. We had to work hard. East Kilbride will do all right this year. I think they could win that league. 'I genuinely think they've got a level of player there and they're used to winning - they've got a lot of confidence. So we had to do so much to try and get on top of them. I'm not going to dwell too much on a pre-season friendly. Even if we hadn't won last night, it still wouldn't detract from what's really important, which is Saturday. But it doesn't do us any harm.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The manager experimented with new Irish midfielder Oisin McEntee at right-back in the first half before Norwegian Christian Borchgrevink took over at the interval. 'Aye. We just wanted a wee look, to be honest,' he said of McEntee. 'Again, in pre season, part of the problem is trying to fit everyone in. We looked at it, there was obviously a bit of disappointment for one or two because of that. We wanted to get more out of the senior players who I feel might have a chance. 'There were two different teams - 45 minutes each - although Zander Clark played the full 90 minutes. Again, it was just to have a wee look. Oisin has played right of a back three, he has played wing-back before. I see him more as a No.8 but he has that utility status us managers love. I just wanted to satisfy myself and have a wee look at him in that position.' READ MORE: Boost for Hearts on Kyziridis and McCart READ MORE: New Hearts signing will bring a nastiness
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hearts agree fee for winger Kerjota
Hearts are set to pay a transfer fee of around £120,000 to sign Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota from the Italian Serie C club US Sambenedettese. (Edinburgh Evening News), externalBurkina Faso winger Pierre Landry Kabore will undergo a medical this week before joining Hearts from Estonian side FK Narva Trans. (Hearts Standard), external
Daily Record
6 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Incoming Hearts star in awe of Jamestown transfer brilliance as he sets his sights on Premiership golden boot
Deals for Pierre Landry Kabore and Sabah Kertoja are agreed with the pair due in Edinburgh for their medicals this week Incoming Hearts signing Pierre Landry Kabore doesn't know how the club found him but sees no reason why he can't become Scotland's top scorer and fire himself to England. A deal is agreed for the Burkina Faso international, who is set to leave Estonian club JK Narva Trans while the Jambos will pay Italian fourth tier outfit a fee of £120,000 for Albanian winger Sabah Kerjota. Both are set to undergo medicals in Edinburgh this week and could feature in Saturday's Premier Sports Cup group stage opener against Dunfermline at Tynecastle, pending successful work permit hearings. Kabore can play out wide or up front and has bagged 12 goals in 15 league games for Trans. It's the type of signing the capital club's use of Jamestown Analytics has now made possible for Derek McInnes and even if the player himself isn't exactly sure how the Tynecastle club landed on him, he has big ambitions and is already looking beyond Gorgie. "I don't know how they found me,' he told the Estonian media in Estonia. 'I have to express a huge thank you to my agent. I'm very happy that I had the opportunity to make a step up from the Estonian Premier League. 'I will continue working there, hoping to go even further. Why not become the top scorer in the Scottish league and then move on from there? To England or France? I will take it step by step. I will miss Narva and Estonia. I started playing for Trans last season, but I feel like this team has become a family for me. I wish the club all the best. It's sad to leave here, but it's a step that has to be taken. My ambition remains the same everywhere — I want to score in every possible game.' Trans boss Roman Kozuhhovski admits there's no way he could deny Kabore his move to Scotland after plucking him from SOL FC d"abodo in the Ivory Coast and he reckons Hearts are getting a vastly improved player from even the one that played last season. 'If Kabore leaves, I can only be happy for him,' said Kožuhhovski. 'I'll tell you why. Yes, we're losing a quality player who has developed tremendously. If you compare Kabore from last season to this year, they're two completely different strikers. I don't want to hold anything back, we've worked a lot with our coaching team on him. Kabore deserves to progress in his career. 'This is also a sign to other players that it is possible to go abroad from this club. This is not only good for Trans, but for the entire Estonian Premier League. "I wished Kabore a happy birthday. I wrote that because of him I became 10 years older, because at times my nervous system couldn't handle it. He laughed about it. Of course, I'm glad that I managed to work with such a player.' You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here and our Celtic community here.
BBC News
7 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Kabore misses Narva Trans game amid exit to Hearts'
Burkina Faso winger Pierre Landry Kabore was not in Narva Trans' squad for their game on Saturday with the 24-year-old expected to join Heart of Midlothian this week. (Joel Sked on X), externalJames Penrice's £2m transfer to AEK Athens from Hearts includes a sell-on agreement for the Edinburgh club to receive an additional payment for the left-back they signed from Livingston for free. (Edinburgh Evening News), externalRead Sunday's Scottish Gossip in full.
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Russian club could try to hijack Hearts' Chesnokov deal'
Russian club Krylia Sovetov are plotting to hijack Heart of Midlothian's signing of Islam Chesnokov, despite the Kazakhstan winger having already signed a pre-contract agreement with the Edinburgh club, as a transfer fee has not been agreed to secure the 25-year-old's services before his Tobol contract ends in October. (Daily Record), externalA £2m transfer fee has been agreed with AEK Athens for Hearts left-back James Penrice, with the 26-year-old having completed his medical after travelling to the Netherlands on Friday. (Sky Sports), externalJames Penrice left Hearts' pre-season training camp in Spain on Friday as the 26-year-old left-back looks to complete a transfer to AEK Athens for a seven-figure fee plus a sell-on clause. (Hearts Standard), externalPierre Landry Kabore, currently with Estonian club Narva Trans, and Sabah Kerjota, of Serie C club Sambenedettese, will compete for a starting place on Hearts' right flank should they arrive in Edinburgh as expected next week, with negotiations having progressed smoothly. (Edinburgh Evening News), externalHearts have agreed terms with Pierre Landry Kabore, but a transfer fee is still to be agreed with Narva Trans for the Burkina Faso winger while talks are also progressing with Italian fourth-tier outfit Sambendetese for Albanian wide man Sabah Kerjota. (Daily Record), externalHearts hope to bring in two or three new players before the Premiership season starts as they prepare for life after the sale of left-back James Penrice to AEK Athens. (The Scotsman), externalRead Saturday's Scottish Gossip in full.
