Walker hopeful that repeat itself after

after a disappointing 18 months at Wigan Athletic and Peterborough United. He already has his sights set on targets for himself and the team.

“I made it clear when I came back that I’m on 40 goals for Hearts and I want to get to 50 this season. That’s another one to add to that tally. As a team, finishing sixth isn’t good enough for this club so we want to be up and around the European places this season.

“I think we are in good shape. And we have another couple of key players still to come back.” CELTIC will start their defence of the Betfred Cup with a home tie against Dunfermline in the last 16 after the draw was made following the conclusion of the group stage yesterday.

The Parkhead side beat Aberdeen 1-0 in last year’s final to win the competition for a third year in a row en route to a third treble in a row.

Rangers, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, who like Celtic are all competing in Europe this season and received byes from the group stage, were paired against East Fife, Dundee and Hamilton respectively.

The Fifers will host Steven Gerrard’s side after beating Hearts on penalties on Saturday to seal top spot in Group A above the Jambos.

Elsewhere, Craig Levein’s team travel to in-form Motherwell, previous winners of this competition Partick Thistle and Ross County go head-tohead, Morton have a trip to Hibernian and Forfar play Livingston. The ties will be played on the weekend of August 17/18.

Betfred Cup last 16 draw

Hibernian v Morton, Partick Thistle v Ross County, Motherwell v Hearts, Dundee v Aberdeen, Celtic v Dunfermline, Forfar v Livingston, Kilmarnock v Hamilton, East Fife v Rangers.