Hearts Back In For Hughes?

According to various reports, Hearts have resumed signing talks with Leicester City midfielder Stephen Hughes.

A move was made by the club during the closed season to sign the former Rangers player and a fee of around £50,000 was agreed between the clubs. But the deal apparently fell through after personal terms could not be agreed.

As I said at the time of the initial news that Hearts were looking to sign this player, I think this would be a poor move by the club. I just can’t see how Hughes could possibly add any value to even the squad, let alone the team.

From an admittedly hazy memory, I recall Hughes being a central midfield player who was more comfortable going forward than defending, but this is one of the few positions that Hearts are well covered in. They’ve already signed Michael Stewart and Ruben Palzuelos this summer, plus we already had Larry Kingston, Eggert Jonsson and Bruno Aguiar who can play in those positions, so where is the need for another central midfield player? I could understand this if Hughes was an exceptional talent who had become available to us and we just HAD to sign him, but come on! I’ve had several Leicester fans contacting me saying that the guy has been useless for them, so perhaps that tells us all we need to know.

I’ll obviously give the lad a chance should he become Hearts’ latest signing, but I’d be underwhelmed to say the least if it goes through.