Hearts today made their second major signing of the summer when Queen of the South striker Gavin Reilly put pen to paper for a three-year deal at Tynecastle.
Reilly netted 15 goals for the Doonhamers last season and with his contract at Palmerston having expired at the end of the campaign, the 22 year old has been on Hearts Head Coach Robbie Neilson’s radar for some time.
Neilson told the club’s official website “I’m delighted to get Gavin here at Hearts. He scored a lot of goals last season in the Championship and now he’s stepping up into the Ladbrokes Premiership with Hearts and I’ve no doubts that he can develop into an excellent player.
“He’s a hard worker, a good finisher and he makes runs over the top which will allow us to press really high up the pitch as well.
“He’s desperate to come through here and he’s desperate to do well for us. You want players who have got that hunger and from having spoken to him a couple of times you can tell he’s desperate to progress his career and he sees Hearts as a good opportunity for himself.
“We see an opportunity to develop him. He’ll be coming to a club with really good facilities and he’ll be training more often than he has in the past. Stevie Crawford will give him some really in-depth coaching in the striking department, which will really progress him.”
Hearts have also been linked with Spanish striker Juan Manuel Delgado with the 24 year old believed to be flying into Edinburgh this week for talks with the Tynecastle club.
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