- Left-Back was Gorgie Club’s Player of the Year last season
- Plus Shankland signs a new contract and says he has unfinished things in Gorgie
Hearts Defender James Penrice is set to complete a move to Greek giant Aek Athens.
The left back, which came from Livingston last summer, was the player of the year of Hearts, and made 38 performances and scored twice.
The Tynecastle Club can expect a fee of seven digits for Penrice, who is left for his contract for another two years.
The 26-year-old was previously connected to the English championship trio Southampton” Watford and Preston North End.
Hearts Defender James Penrice will move to Greek giants Aek Athens
In the meantime, Lawrence Shankland revealed that he simply could not bring himself to close the door to his heart after the Talismian captain was dramatically signed with the Edinburgh Club for the next three years.
The 29-year-old Scotland-attacker-Die 68 goals has scored since he arrived from the Belgian side Beerschot in 2022 to be on his way from Tynecastle after various negotiation rounds in the past 18 months, not resulting in a contract extension.
However, after he had become a free agent this summer and explored his options, Shankland was persuaded by the new Derek Mcinnes manager to accept an offer to become the best -paid player of the club, confirmed yesterday with the deal until 2028.
“I had a few weeks on vacation at the end of the season and to get married, and then I gave it a month to think about things and options,” said Shankland.
Harten have closed a new three -year -old deal with striker Lawrence Shankland
‘I had a few that appeared, but the family side of things was just not good for me. And in the meantime I had talked to the manager about coming back here. I would always leave the door open. I didn’t seem to close the door behind me, and that gave me an indication of where my head could be.
‘After they have spoken with the family and where they want to be, especially my four -year -old Eva, who is in love with Jock The Jambo (Hearts’ Mascotte), it was back here. I am happy with my decision and the family is also happy. ‘
The preservation of their most productive attacker of the 21st century is an important coup for hearts at a time when they start an exciting new era in collaboration with Jamestown Analytics and with Brighton owner Tony Bloom on board as a minority investor.
“Lawrence is a really popular boy, but he still has so much to do here,” said Mcinnes. “We want to lift silverware. We want to go into a group stage in Europe and we want to be something consistent here. Having Lawrence gives us a better chance to achieve that. ‘
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