Spittal signing makes it three in for Hearts
Players all set to join in summer transfer window
Motherwell midfielder Blair Spittal is to join Hearts this summer after agreeing a pre-contract deal with the Capital club.
He is the third player this year to agree a move to Tynecastle Park after Livingston defender James Penrice and Ross County attacking midfielder Yan Dhanda.
Talks between Spittal and Hearts had been ongoing for some time and Motherwell were keen to keep the player at Fir Park. His contract expires at the end of the season, and the chance of European football in Edinburgh helped convince him to move on.
He will pen a long-term deal with his new club this summer.
Aged 28, Spittal has scored 11 goals in 36 appearances for Motherwell this season. Those contributions and his ability to create goals for others attracted the attention of Hearts officials.
They have made him their third pre-contract capture as they prepare for season 2024/25.
Dhanda agreed terms in January, and the Edinburgh News revealed that Penrice's move was in place. Regarding the latter, Hearts had been in the market for a left-sided full-back who could also operate as a wingback. Current left-back Alex Cochrane is attracting interest from England, but Tynecastle officials would only begin negotiations for his transfer if they received an offer of £2m at minimum.
Spittal will add further craft to a maroon midfield that is certain to look quite different come the start of the new campaign.
The player spent time as a youth player with Rangers before joining Queen's Park in 2012. He moved on to Dundee United two years later, and then Partick Thistle in 2017.
The midfielder headed north to Ross County in 2019 and then joined Motherwell in summer 2022.