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The Gers finally signed a new striker in January following the poor form of Cyriel Dessers and Sam Lammers, and Shankland was tipped as an obvious choice due to his form this season. But when a fan called into the Clyde 1 scoreboard (November 17) to discuss Shankland’s signing, Keevins was quick to mention that Hearts didn’t want sellers. I think that’s the strength of depth,” he said. “I think you have to think about next year as well. “Of course I would like to sign Sima permanently but I think it’s heaven, he will pay £8-12m to get him permanently. Roofe is probably finished if we’re being completely honest, and Dessers doesn’t look like he’ll be turning the corner anytime soon. So Danilo is ahead. You need someone else in there and I think Lawrence Shankland is as good a screamer as anyone.” But Keivins wasn’t so sure it would be that easy, with Hearts unlikely to want to sell their captain. “The other thing we have to consider here is that he is the captain of Hearts and Hearts has just released financial figures that are extraordinary by their standards,” he said. They owe it to their supporters, they’ve had their ups and downs, and they tend to blow hot and cold. They can’t just say let’s take a key man and sell him to Celtic or Rangers. “You have to consider your fans and how they feel about it.” Hearts obviously won’t be sellers in January as Shankland is their best player and it’s the middle of the season. But the player himself would definitely want to join Rangers because it would be a step up, but we also have the money to do a deal. Desser and Lammer were expensive signings but are unlikely to have long futures at the club, while the futures of Roofe, Scott Wright, Jose Cifuentes and others are up in the air. It could save the money to bring Shankland and the quality of his goals and attack could be the difference between us actually pushing Celtic to the title or going down again. He is an obvious opportunity to improve our squad and provide us with a credible goalscoring threat as well as competing for Danilo’s place, so this is a sign the club should definitely be watching.
