#heart-of-midlothian

#heart-of-midlothian

Image source, SNS Hearts will be without record signing Eduardo Ageu for Saturday's visit to Rangers and the Brazilian midfielder may be a doubt for the Edinburgh derby against Hibernian at Tynecastle on 4 October. The 23-year-old has picked up a hamstring problem, while defender Frankie Kent will also miss the Premiership trip to Ibrox. Ageu made his debut as a second-half substitute at Livingston after a seven-figure transfer from Portuguese club Santa Clara late last month.

We're disappointed with the result - I'm not going to try and diminish the performance and the disappointment - because we set ourselves up to try and be a good cup team this season. We lost to a team who finished above us last year, on penalties. We were the better team for 75 minutes, I felt. I'm disappointed we didn't forced the issue and get the winning goal before we got to penalties.

James Penrice is on the verge of being sold to AEK Athens following a transfer offer from the Greek Super League club. The 26-year-old joined the Scottish Premiership club last year on a free transfer after his contract with Livingston came to an end.

In the upcoming League Cup, Derek McInnes's Heart of Midlothian will face Neil Lennon's Dunfermline, along with Hamilton, Dumbarton, and Stirling Albion.

Hearts expressed concerns over refereeing decisions affecting their season, specifically regarding Cammy Devlin’s seemingly unwarranted red card during their semi-final defeat against Aberdeen.