John Souttar: Last News

Hearts and Motherwell as they prepare to meet in a huge Tynecastle clash. And Robbie Neilson has some big decisions to make ahead of the Gorgie crunch as they look to kick on from last week’s 3-0 win over Livingston.

Celtic. But the Hearts skipper is adamant it had nothing to do with proving a point to his old club.

Celtic slumped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Premiership new boys Hearts to leave them trailing in the title race after only 90 minutes. The Aussie watched right back Anthony Ralston score a superb solo equaliser to cancel out Gary Mackay-Steven’s opener but looked on in horror as John Souttar was given a free header to snatch a sensational victory for the Jambos.

Championship winner’s medal, just more matches under his belt.The defender made his first Hearts appearance for 405 days on Friday night when he took his place in the back three for the 6-0 annihilation of Alloa that saw Liam Boyce hit a hat-trick.A second major Achilles injury since he arrived at Tynecastle kept “Soapy” out and he had to watch as his team slid to the bottom of the Premiership.As far as the club were concerned, the SPFL and their rivals did the dirty on them and while they have not exactly cleaned up in the Championship this season, Dundee and Raith Rovers dropping points on Saturday means they can officially wash their hands of the second tier come the summer.That Souttar returned for their biggest win and arguably best

Premiership this weekend after a 5-0 thrashing of Alloa put them within two points of the title. Manager Robbie Neilson has come under fire in recent weeks after a series of poor results but victory in the Friday night game means promotion is all-but assured.

Hearts squad this week – but Tuesday night’s horror show against Brora Rangers was just as painful as the injury that kept him out for more than a year.Souttar was carried off as the Jambos got the job done against the other Rangers in the Scottish Cup in February 2020.The Scotland ace had hoped to return in time for the start of this season’s Championship charge under Robbie Neilson.But a relapse of the same injury just after he was reunited with the manager who brought him to Tynecastle put paid to that.And the lack of treatment he was able to get after his op is what caused August’s problem.He said: “The first one against Rangers, we went straight into lockdown and that absolutely killed me.“I was on my own for three, four months in my

Hearts side hope to upset the odds in Sunday's Scottish Cup Final. The Jambos take on Celtic in a repeat of the 2019 showpiece hoping to avenge their 2-1 defeat last time at Hampden.

John Souttar’s Achilles agony was made worse by lockdown and being unable to get the treatment he needed.The Hearts and Scotland centre back underwent surgery in August after suffering a relapse of the injury that originally occurred back in February.It has been a year of hell for the 24-year-old, who was forced off during the Jambos’ opening game of the 2019/20 season and wasn’t seen again until January after it was eventually diagnosed as damaged ankle ligaments.But just weeks after making his comeback, the former Dundee United star lasted only 15 minutes of the Tynecastle side’s 1-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final victory over Rangers eight months ago.It was confirmed Souttar would need to go under the knife again and he was ruled out until

Hearts defender John Souttar hopes to be back on the pitch in September as he reveals the difficulty of doing injury rehab in lockdown.

Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine is keeping his "fingers crossed" he can convince Steve Clarke he is worth a maiden Scotland call at the age of 32.

Daniel Stendel expects John Souttar will have to go under the knife to repair a ruptured Achilles suffered against Rangers at the weekend.