Heart Of Midlothian winter transfer window 2025/2026 - Marc Leonard signs on loan

January 11

Mato looks talented but quite raw and therefore, if he signed, would be a project for this season.

What we need however is ready to use players who will make an immediate impact for this season with the Team being in a Title race, imho

January 11

19 minutes ago, Spookie said:

Nobody cares

You don’t care. And that’s fine. You come on here to get snippets of info so you can go back to your group chat and spread gossip or whatever. Doesn’t mean discussing the merits of players like Kartum or Clark given they’re loaned or about to be loaned out is any less on topic though.

January 11

7 minutes ago, Jingle Bells said:

Mato looks talented but quite raw and therefore, if he signed, would be a project for this season.

What we need however is ready to use players who will make an immediate impact for this season with the Team being in a Title race, imho

He has 40 caps for Uganda at 22 years old. By far the opposite of what a project is. Wish the mods would ban that word.

January 11

9 minutes ago, soonbe110 said:

Not sure many more than 2/3 on here care about Kartum and what happens to him. He really has been a non-Hearts player and there’s no way he will ever play for us again I suspect. All the talk about not being able to move players on because we are paying them too much - every club is the same. Why should we be different. Clubs only try to move players on because they have no need for them anymore. Pretty obvious that any club interested in taking them off our hands either loan or permanent are not going to offer the wage we have given to someone we expected to be a regular first team starter. What’s done is done. Let it go. The only certainty is that the same thing will happen again in the future, at every club, including Hearts. We already have a few obvious potential candidates that were JTA signings, even amongst this summers signings.

See what you and Spookie appear to be looking for is names of potential transfer targets and rumours. As evidenced by recent goings on the place to find that is Hearts Insider or Instagram or similar things. This is a discussion forum. Getting annoyed by people discussing a player rumoured to me moving away in the transfer window seems odd. If it’s a post you don’t want to read scroll past. No one is forcing you.

January 11

5 minutes ago, Absolute Scenes said:

He has 40 caps for Uganda at 22 years old. By far the opposite of what a project is. Wish the mods would ban that word.

Watch the videos

January 11

9 minutes ago, Absolute Scenes said:

He has 40 caps for Uganda at 22 years old. By far the opposite of what a project is. Wish the mods would ban that word.

Can they add "how JTA works"

January 11

4 minutes ago, Jingle Bells said:

Watch the videos

No. A project isn’t an international player with 40+ caps, top scorer for their team in the league.

Craig Wighton was a project. Danny Amankwaa (😭😭) was a project.

This boy is far from it

January 11

2 minutes ago, davie1980 said:

Can they add "how JTA works"

Please 😁

January 11

15 minutes ago, CM Funk said:

You don’t care. And that’s fine. You come on here to get snippets of info so you can go back to your group chat and spread gossip or whatever. Doesn’t mean discussing the merits of players like Kartum or Clark given they’re loaned or about to be loaned out is any less on topic though.

Nobody Cares keep on topic cheers

January 11

Just now, Absolute Scenes said:

No. A project isn’t an international player with 40+ caps, top scorer for their team in the league.

Craig Wighton was a project. Danny Amankwaa (😭😭) was a project.

This boy is far from it

The demands of playing in the SPL is a whole different ball game to what he has been used to.

It will take some time for him to adjust to that

I didn't say he wasn't talented but he will need to learn the other side of the game too before becoming viable up here., if he does signs.

January 11

Just now, Jingle Bells said:

The demands of playing in the SPL is a whole different ball game to what he has been used to.

It will take some time for him to adjust to that

I didn't say he wasn't talented but he will need to learn the other side of the game too before becoming viable up here., if he does signs.

We do not know that based on watching a video of him. His stats far outweigh any notion that he might not get Scottish football.

January 11

3 minutes ago, Spookie said:

Thats the thing you have to scroll past 60 posts of people arguing on the merits of how Kartum played vs Dundee

Let's get back on topic that's all I'm saying

If you wanna have a discussion DM each other

There’s posts about Clark because he’s been loaned to Doncaster. There’s posts about Kartum because he’s been reported to be loaned to Wellington. There’s posts about Mato because it looks like a Turkish team is going to gazump us to his signing. What more exactly do want to be on topic in a transfer thread? These are the only 3 active transfer news stories in or out we have.

Edited January 11 by CM Funk

January 11

41 minutes ago, hmfc_liam06 said:

Yip, there’ll be an upper limit to what they believe he’s valued. We’ll have already moved on to other targets.

Since the rumour has been around for a while, I actually think we’d pretty much moved on before it became common knowledge in the press. Leaking it to keep a few reporters onside while we move to other things. I think with Bloom now on board we’ll have the benefits of very experienced people when it comes to transfers and they’ll know how to play things.

January 11

1 minute ago, Absolute Scenes said:

We do not know that based on watching a video of him. His stats far outweigh any notion that he might not get Scottish football.

Kabore’s stats were unbelievable as well but I think its fair to say he’s still adapting to a step up in level.

January 11

26 minutes ago, Jingle Bells said:

Watch the videos

The videos are largely prior to his current form

January 11

1 hour ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

Only disappointment will be that this is certain to be used by those who want to knock club as a sign JTA not working and we should immediately pay whatever anyone asks for any old player.

We move on to other targets.

Bizarre take on JTA, anyone without capacity possibly could hold that view ...

January 11

2 hours ago, Carter said:

Have a look at our wage bill trajectory over the past couple of Financial years. You might find it pretty revealing 👍

We're unable to get players out of the door permanently and you appear unwilling to accept why that might be the case.

Ok. You clearly have entered into the Hobonomics world where you have no clue what you are talking about, but say it that often that you convince yourself, and some people, that you are right, based on? Well nothing.

You’ve yet to provide a single bit of evidence. That is just ignorance of facts, utter laziness, and/or an inability to put a coherent argument together.

I’ll address the wage bill trajectory point given it’s what you are presenting as ‘evidence’, although to highlight that without providing any context sums up your Hobonomics.

Hearts annual wage bill for the last financial year was £19.1 million, up 16% on the previous year. Hearts do not report player/staff salary costs separately. The best estimate I can find for playing staff alone is £5.1 million. Hearts noted the overall increase in wages stating that it was due to an investment in playing and non playing staff, being a Living Wage employer, and meeting the increased costs of National Insurance contributions.

The club has grown in every aspect in the last few years, hence the increase in wages as we investment in more staff, the quality and number of which, have grown significantly, therefore so has the cost.

Now, of the £5.1 million estimated player wage bill. The only estimate I can find for Sander Kartum’s salary is £1600 a week (£83,200 a year). Using the same source of information Sander Kartum was 24th on the list of players salary at Hearts. That, to my mind, is not paying him “too much” and he sits exactly where he should within the wage structure. To put his salary into a wider context, he earns the same as an experienced dentist.

I could bore you with more facts, information, etc, but that’s clearly not your thing. You obviously prefer the more loose way of discussion, repeating the same uneducated thing time, and time again.

Now, this will be my last word on here. Feel free to pm me and we can discuss this further. I will expect you to bring some receipts to the discussion though.

I’ll not hold my breath.

January 11

We might lose out on Mato but the Record are just filling column inches. They are using that Ugandan football account as their basis of it being "reported".

January 11

Personally believe Hearts were never interested in the Mato guy and was used to throw others of the scent of who we would really like to sign. Hearts nowadays keep everything very close to their chests.

Braga, Kyziridis, and Altena being proof of this.

I believe we will sign someone that no-one had on their radar.

January 11

2 minutes ago, John Findlay said:

Personally believe Hearts were never interested in the Mato guy and was used to throw others of the scent of who we would really like to sign. Hearts nowadays keep everything very close to their chests.

Braga, Kyziridis, and Altena being proof of this.

I believe we will sign someone that no-one had on their radar.

I think we were keeping it close to our chests. Didn’t Joel Sked on Hearts Standard say in the last couple of weeks that there was no truth in the Mato rumour, only changing after our apparent offer was leaked by FK Vardar not us?

January 11

4 minutes ago, John Findlay said:

Personally believe Hearts were never interested in the Mato guy and was used to throw others of the scent of who we would really like to sign. Hearts nowadays keep everything very close to their chests.

Braga, Kyziridis, and Altena being proof of this.

I believe we will sign someone that no-one had on their radar.

that's my thinking John

JTA would be useless if our targets became public knowledge before we actually signed them clubs would simply outbid us

January 11

22 minutes ago, boag1874 said:

Kabore’s stats were unbelievable as well but I think it’s fair to say he’s still adapting to a step up in level.

True, but I wouldn’t say that’s a completely fair comparison considering our forwards have been undroppable for most of the season. In the games he’s started, bar Dundee at home, he’s not had the same support that Braga et al have had.

January 11

15 minutes ago, Lord Beni of Gorgie said:

The videos are largely prior to his current form

He could be a flash in the pan, then

January 11

6 minutes ago, N Lincs Jambo said:

I think we were keeping it close to our chests. Didn’t Joel Sked on Hearts Standard say in the last couple of weeks that there was no truth in the Mato rumour, only changing after our apparent offer was leaked by FK Vardar not us?

No truth in the Ramires rumour I think is what Sked said

January 11

27 minutes ago, Absolute Scenes said:

We do not know that based on watching a video of him. His stats far outweigh any notion that he might not get Scottish football.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

You still need to watch players and work out how they will integrate into the Team successfully.

January 11

Could even be something as simple as Matos club trying to force hearts hand into making another offer but a substantial one. 🤷‍♂️

January 11

2 minutes ago, Diehardjambo1 said:

Could even be something as simple as Matos club trying to force hearts hand into making another offer but a substantial one. 🤷‍♂️

Even simpler could be the club don’t ACTUALLY want to sell a player key to their title run. Would we ?

January 11

17 minutes ago, John Findlay said:

Personally believe Hearts were never interested in the Mato guy and was used to throw others of the scent of who we would really like to sign. Hearts nowadays keep everything very close to their chests.

Braga, Kyziridis, and Altena being proof of this.

I believe we will sign someone that no-one had on their radar.

The old red herring chestnut Exactly we are probably after some player from Macclesfield or Mansfield Town as our number 1 target

January 11

1 hour ago, Juho_Makela_Goal_Machine said:

Pretty relaxed about Mato - if we are going to be a player trading club, we need to have the same discipline on the prices we pay for players as we do for the fees we receive for them. There will be plenty more options for us 👍

This, we carry a new badge that is now common knowledge. They wont be last that might play this game to attract other suitors.

Our message probably needs to be we will never work with a player, agent or club who rejects any request from us for confidentiality around our transfer business.

Edited January 11 by pettigrewsstylist

January 11

1 hour ago, CM Funk said:

See what you and Spookie appear to be looking for is names of potential transfer targets and rumours. As evidenced by recent goings on the place to find that is Hearts Insider or Instagram or similar things. This is a discussion forum. Getting annoyed by people discussing a player rumoured to me moving away in the transfer window seems odd. If it’s a post you don’t want to read scroll past. No one is forcing you.

Not really Just don’t understand long winded debates about a player who is clearly finished at Hearts after playing less than 700 minutes for us during which he looked a player for about 20 minutes As I said - who cares?

January 11

21 minutes ago, John Findlay said:

Personally believe Hearts were never interested in the Mato guy and was used to throw others of the scent of who we would really like to sign. Hearts nowadays keep everything very close to their chests.

Braga, Kyziridis, and Altena being proof of this.

I believe we will sign someone that no-one had on their radar.

What do you base all this on?

Did someone come to you in a dream?

January 11

2 minutes ago, pettigrewsstylist said:

This, we carry a new badge that is now common knowledge. They wont be last that might play this game to attract other suitors.

Our message probably needs to be we will never work with a player, agent or club who rejects any request from us for confidentiality around our transfer business.

We could use JTA to sabotage the bigots transfer window

Fake interest leaked so they end up signing donkeys.

January 11

1 minute ago, Drylaw Hearts said:

What do you base all this on?

Did someone come to you in a dream?

It’s incredible the mental gymnastics folk put themselves through.

January 11

14 minutes ago, JimmyCant said:

No truth in the Ramires rumour I think is what Sked said

Ah yes, you’re quite correct. I still maintain though that nothing about Mato came out of Tynecastle. Vardar chose to make our interest public.

January 11

11 minutes ago, Drylaw Hearts said:

What do you base all this on?

Did someone come to you in a dream?

Experience.

January 11

10 minutes ago, Gigolo-Aunt said:

It’s incredible the mental gymnastics folk put themselves through.

It really is.

January 11

So Kingsley, despite Milne being injured, isn't in the squad today. I presume he is injured too.

This absolutely answers the question about whether we sign another LB.

As much as I like SK, he can't be relied upon to be available for selection consistently.

January 11

Just now, John Findlay said:

Experience.

Then I’m guessing you should be old enough to know better that to just post random crap.

January 11

4 minutes ago, Hømme said:

Some folk just don't like to disrespect a Hearts player who has been nothing but professional since he got here despite lack of minutes.

Agree, he has been unlucky with the change of Manager who doesn't like that style of player.

January 11

24 minutes ago, N Lincs Jambo said:

Ah yes, you’re quite correct. I still maintain though that nothing about Mato came out of Tynecastle. Vardar chose to make our interest public.

Yep. We’re not in the habit of doing our transfer business in the media

Mato is a non starter at that price IMO

Maybe take another look at Ramires (if indeed we were ever interested)

January 11

18 minutes ago, Le Chat said:

So Kingsley, despite Milne being injured, isn't in the squad today. I presume he is injured too.

This absolutely answers the question about whether we sign another LB.

As much as I like SK, he can't be relied upon to be available for selection consistently.

Depends how long they are potentially out for surely ? You can’t make a signing every time someone stubs a toe

January 11

Milne and Kingsley are both on the older side so might be good to get a younger left back in we can develop.

January 11

13 minutes ago, Drylaw Hearts said:

It’s not the point of the thread.

The thread is about transfers and rumours and not just every thought that pops into someone’s head.

It would be a much more enjoyable read if we didn’t have to endure what someone thought whilst having their cornflakes this morning.

Hmm, not sure I'd agree with that assertion. You're saying discussing losing out on a player, or even whether we ever had genuine interest, isn’t relevant to a transfer thread?

Maybe just scroll past posts you don’t like in future if it makes you choke on your flakes. Anyway, it’s Sunday mate, get a full Scottish down you and try to relax a bit. :thumbsupOK:

Mon the JT's, its less than an hour until kick off, enjoy the match.

January 11

Andres Salazar anyone?

January 11

All I say is Mato follows Hearts insider but he doesn’t follow Trazbonspor insider 😏

January 11

3 minutes ago, Gordons left glove said:

Andres Salazar anyone?

entirely forgot about him

January 11

10 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

entirely forgot about him

Easily done 😂

January 11

16 minutes ago, The Jackal said:

All I say is Mato follows Hearts insider but he doesn’t follow Trazbonspor insider 😏

If that is still accurate , you have my support. It's a good point.

January 11

Could still do with maybe 2 more. Maybe a loan for a left back

January 11

5 hours ago, Phil D. Corners said:

Yeah. He’s not for sale, Unless you’re paying a 7 figure sum.

Read £800k elsewhere on here.

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