Inside Hearts' Callum Paterson transfer pursuit as Joe Savage confirms deadline day offer and pre contract attempt
dailyrecord.co.ukJoe Savage has explained why Hearts failed to sign Callum Paterson during the January transfer window. But he's confirmed they’ll try to get him on a pre-contract for next season.Having already secured James Hill, Yutaro Oda and Garang Kuol this month, Robbie Neilson was keen to bring Paterson back to Tynecastle, five years after he left on a free transfer for Cardiff City.
The Jambos had already made two previous bids for the Scotland cap, but both were booted out by Sheffield Wednesday.They tried again on deadline day, but Paterson’s recent run of games have helped the Owls climb to second spot in English League One, and Darren Moore wasn't for selling him as the Hillsborough club push for promotion back to the Championship.
Paterson is out of contract in the summer though and while Savage expects Hearts will make the player an offer, he's warned that it may depend on how Wednesday’s season ends.He told BBC Scotland: “We tried to get one more in.
It’s been well documented that we’ve had an interest in Callum Paterson.“We made another offer today to get him and Sheffield Wednesday rejected it.
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