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Broken Hearts could crack come January

With the financial crisis at Tynecastle leaving the club with little options involving the state of their team, it seems that come January Hearts are gearing up to wave goodbye to several vital players, and they may have to let these valued assets leave for minimal money.

Premiership side Wolves have recently agreed to bring Icelandic utility man Eggert Jonsson to Molinuex for the fee of £250,000, and this could be the start of a Gorgie raid which could leave Hearts relying on home grown youngsters to see them through the remainder of the season. With their debt riddled state no secret throughout the footballing world, clubs from England and Scotland may see this as the perfect opportunity to secure a bargain buy from a side who are in no position to turn their noses at any incoming offers.

Ex Wolves and Hearts midfielder Colin Cameron has spoken out about Jonsson’s transfer, commenting, “Wolves have seen the situation at Hearts and moved before anyone else and got the first bite of the cherry. They’ve thought it’s an opportunity to get a player of Eggert Jonsson’s quality at that kind of money. There are a few players that will be of interest to other clubs, especially now that Wolves have started the ball rolling by coming in for Eggert, and I’m sure a few more will be looking for similar moves.

“Other teams will see that as a chance to tap in and get these players cheaper, players with potential and an opportunity to improve. If Premier League clubs can get these guys at a knock-down price, it’s going to benefit them. Unfortunately it won’t benefit Hearts, it will weaken the squad, and they won’t get what the player is really worth.”

Eggert Jonsson is one of the most exciting products to leave the Hearts youth system in recent years, and to see him leave for £250, 000 cannot have been easy for the coaches that have worked to develop the player, especially when their previous work has warranted sales of Christophe Berra for £1.5 million and of course Craig Gordon who moved to Sunderland for a mouth watering £9 million. It seems this is just the first of Paulo Sergio’s starting eleven who will be packing his bags however, and currently topping the list of targets to be plucked from Tynecastle are tricky youngster David Templeton and former Ayr attacker Ryan Stevenson.

With Janos Balogh and Calum Elliot also departing recently, it seems the clearout is already underway at Hearts, and Stevenson in particular appears on the verge of exit after reportedly declaring he will not return to Hearts until receiving his wages. It is doubtful Hearts will be receiving anywhere near the £9 million they raked from Gordon for any of their players, and although anybody claiming one of Sergio’s side is worth this would likely be branded insane, Hearts would be lucky to receive something near full price for any of the men they sell in the upcoming window.

With this in mind it seems there may be some unfamiliar young faces gaining first team experience at Tynecastle. This does not spell complete doom for Hearts however, as the likes of nineteen year old Scott Robinson have proved the Riccarton training academy is still capable of churning out players. After finishing second in the league last year, the Hearts youth team are currently sitting on top of the Scottish Premier U19 league after fifteen games, and have several hot prospects, not least Billy King and Calum Paterson.

However, these youngsters would lack in vital experience and influence, and it would be a tough ask for them to guide the maroon side to a European place after shoving them into the spotlight of the SPL. Alongside this remains the fact that the development of youth in Scotland has evidently taken a turn for the worse since the reserve league was scrapped in 2009. Whatever the state of the current Gorgie youngsters, the Riccarton staff will most likely need to double their efforts to shape their academy players for what will most likely be a rough near future in Edinburgh.

To top this off, Tynecastle talisman Rudi Skacel’s contract is up this January and injury plagued Hearts man Andrew Driver has handed in his transfer request, although this is a decision unlikely to upset the Hearts following too much. Without these familiar faces wearing maroon however, the club will be stripped of their attack. Stevenson and Skacel currently stand as Hearts’ top goal scorers this season, and if removed along with David Templeton, who leads in assists, then the side who have scored just twenty goals in nineteen games may find themselves lacking even further in the final third.

It seems then there is a strong possibility that Hearts will be forced to revamp their side, bring in young faces and introduce a completely new look to what is expected in a starting eleven at Tynecastle. This may well lead to the development of a formidable team of well schooled players in the future, but for now, it seems Hearts should brace themselves for some tough times.