Celtic receive £4m bid, major update on Rangers target, Aberdeen sign duo, Hearts & Hibs latest – Scottish football news
Malky Mackay, Hibs’ sporting director, has stated that winger Elie Youan is the target of significant transfer interest. The Scotsman claimed earlier this week that a Ligue 1 team in France has presented a £2.5 million deal with odd-ons, but Hibs are demanding more money for a player they cost £700,000 to sign from St Gallen last summer. Last season, the 25-year-old was Hibs’ most productive attacker, with 10 goals and 11 assists. Mackay told the Hibs Observer: “There’s a lot of interest in him. You can’t stop people from putting in bids, and there comes a point where someone’s value equals the value of the football club, and that’s something we need to discuss. We’re not quite there yet, but there seems to be a number of people who are now heavily enquiring on him.” Meanwhile, Hibs midfielder Dylan Tait has left the club to join Falkirk on a permanent deal after spending the second half of last season on loan at the League One title winners.
Gerald Taylor
Hearts have reached an agreement to sign Costa Rica international defender Gerald Taylor from Deportivo Saprissa. According to the Edinburgh Evening News, paperwork is being finalised on a dela that will see the 23-year-old sign initially on loan with the option of a permanent transfer for a pre-agreed six-figure sum.
Taylor has been capped five times by Costa Rica and has been included alongside Hearts winger Kenneth Vargas in their squad for the Copa America, which kicks off on June 20. Taylor will become Hearts fifth summer signing joining Yan Dhanda from Ross County, Blair Spittal from Motherwell, Livingston defender James Penrice and Hamilton Academical goalkeeper Ryan Fulton in making the move to Tynecastle.
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