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Hearts secure defender Danny Wilson on loan deal

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Scotland defender Danny Wilson

Hearts have agreed to sign the former Rangers defender Danny Wilson on loan from Liverpool until May, pending international clearance.

The Scotland defender, 21, has been on loan at Bristol City recently but played only one match due to injury.

He is boss John McGlynn's first squad addition since the Scottish Premier League relaxed Hearts' signing ban.

"Danny is a quality player and someone we know a lot about," McGlynn told the Hearts website.

"Even at such a young age, he brings a lot of experience and not only will he be a very good addition to our squad, he will be a good influence on the young players we have here.

"He has been playing regularly down south so fitness won't be a problem, and hopefully it won't be long before we see him in a Hearts shirt."

Wilson is eligible for the under-21s and therefore fits the criteria set out by the SPL that allows Hearts to sign players.

The Tynecastle club had been placed under a signing ban last year due to late payment of wages and it was extended over a "remuneration default".

The default related to bonus and appearance monies but the SPL is now satisfied payments are in order.

However, the club can only sign under-21 players until the end of the season and they will be restricted to a one-out, one-in policy.

Ryan McGowan's departure to China allows Wilson to come to Edinburgh, but McGlynn can bring in another player after goalkeeper Peter Enckelman left at the end of his short-term deal.

If clearance comes through on time, left-footed Wilson will go straight into the squad for Saturday's match against Celtic.

He has been capped five times and made his international debut against the Faroe Islands in November 2010, a match in which he scored.

Wilson came through the Rangers youth set-up and played 26 games for the Ibrox side before Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson signed him for £2m in July 2010.

However, he has struggled to break into the first team at Anfield since and his loan to Hearts follows similar spells at Blackpool and Bristol City.

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  • Comment posted by U14097593, at 20:17 18 Jan 2013

    @7

    What , like the fourth tier ?

  • Comment posted by U14097593, at 16:28 19 Jan 2013

    He's certainly put his stamp on today's game.

    DOH

    Regards "massive crowds" ; Annan v The Rangers - 2441, ahem.

  • Comment posted by stringerbell, at 21:17 18 Jan 2013

    Very unlucky not to get games for Liverpool, way better than Rodgers thinks he is obviously. Good for Hearts and good for Wilson...

  • Comment posted by U15580732, at 18:43 18 Jan 2013

    '...before manager Kenny Dalglish signed him for Liverpool for £2m in July 2010.' Funny, I seem to remember Dalglish becoming manager in January 2011, and a certain Mr.Hodgson being the man to bring Wilson into the club.

  • Comment posted by U14097593, at 19:51 19 Jan 2013

    Stop talking to yourself clownshoes, it's more than a little embarrassing now.

    "Jog on"

  • Comment posted by U13758055, at 16:04 19 Jan 2013

    @49, when you say "big time" I can only assume you mean the SPL? If that is the case then he has just signed for a team already on the "big time", so surely you thikn this is a good move, If he had stayed with Rangers he would have been in Div 3, so he wont exactly be crying into his porridge every morning for making such a huge error in leaving, I

  • Comment posted by dungolfin, at 01:34 19 Jan 2013

    @41.

    Have no sympathy for you, shud have stayed at the teddy bears sunshine!!!!
    ---
    Yeah you could have been playing at the dizzy heights of the Scottish Third Division - he must be raging.

  • Comment posted by U15531376, at 22:44 18 Jan 2013

    Not much chatter about Wilson. A lot of chatter about geography.

    I think some of you are in the wrong place.

  • Comment posted by lglater, at 19:38 18 Jan 2013

    @12 and 14

    Good evening to the trolls. I hope you have had a pleasant day.

  • Comment posted by U15570912, at 19:13 18 Jan 2013

    Great news. Hoping Danny makes an impact. I've watched a lot of reserve games last season and let me tell you this kid is going to be a superstar!! Give him a few months experience in the SPL and he'll be up there with the likes of Alves, Ramos and Johnson! YNWA!!! LFC!!!

  • Comment posted by U12525194, at 13:05 19 Jan 2013

    42 David_Beckham - Since when han Old Firm player being hyped up by the media ever been a test of his quality? Again, remember John Fleck? He was going to be Scotland's star player according to the hype. Now he's a bit part player for a mid-table League One side.

    I seem to be one of the few people judging Wilson on actually seeing him play - he gave away goals at every opportunity

  • Comment posted by U15554983, at 11:33 19 Jan 2013

    I remember watching Wilson a couple of years ago for scotland and thinking he had composure and class compared to defenders that we have had in the last couple of years. Be good to get games at hearts and sure he will be back in the Scotland squad before the end of the qualifiers

  • Comment posted by pop1888, at 11:30 19 Jan 2013

    "Not getting a game for Liverpool is not the sign of a bad player"
    David_beckham have seen how bad liverpool have played in some games this season? If you cant break into that defence might as will have up.....this a player who the scottish press and rangers fans were touting as one of the greatest young players to ever pull on a pair of boots too!!!

  • Comment posted by SeeDubya, at 10:58 19 Jan 2013

    He took a gamble and it didn't come off. For a lad his age to get a first team place in a Premier League defence he needs a bit of luck, like an injury to a first choice player. It didn't happen.
    He looks a good player but he is never going to be chosen ahead of Agger. Agger gets picked because he is experienced, Wilson is inexperienced because he doesn't get picked - Catch 22.

  • Comment posted by imager614, at 23:47 18 Jan 2013

    Wilson was an incredibly talented player but was very badly advised, he should have stayed at Rangers where he would have had games, instead he chased the money, his bank balance will be healthy but his career has stalled,
    Also what kind of half baked transfer embargo do Hearts have?, this mess is the SFAs payment for a yes vote on reconstruction, the Biased and Corrupt Regan and Doncaster out.

  • Comment posted by U12525194, at 23:15 18 Jan 2013

    Only Liverpool would have signed this player, incredibly overrated and an embarrassment that he was ever capped for Scotland. A centre-back with absolutely no aerial ability. Hearts have signed a potato.
    His hype when playing in the SPL reminded me of that surrounding Fleck - only difference is that no one was daft enough to buy Fleck!

  • Comment posted by David_Beckhams_Latest_Haircut, at 23:02 18 Jan 2013

    @28


    Yet, when you look at Scottish football attendances as a whole. As a per capita ratio, Scotland not only beats England, but the rest of Europe too.

  • Comment posted by chamdaddy, at 22:46 18 Jan 2013

    @28 Where are your facts from? Greater Glasgow is about 1.1 million but then if your saying that Greater Manchester is almost double that so your not proving anything?

    Hope Danny lives up to his potential, Good player but just seems to lack something that'll make him a great centre half

  • Comment posted by David_Beckhams_Latest_Haircut, at 21:53 18 Jan 2013

    With Hanley playing for Blackburn every week, Scotland needs Wilson to be getting games as well since Caldwell, Berra and Webster are hardly the future of Scottish defending...

  • Comment posted by KevA, at 21:24 18 Jan 2013

    Not really getting these 'attendance to population' posts. If theres 50,000 at Celtic and 47,000 at Rangers, they're not all from Glasgow are they?! - What about the away support? And are you telling me that every home fan is from Glasgow as well?!

    I think he's gone to get some game time, not because of the fan base to population ratio being better in Scotland!

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