Hearts sign Cole Stockton on pre-contract from Tranmere Rovers
Friday 2 June 2017 14:09, UK
Hearts have signed forward Cole Stockton on a pre-contract agreement.
The 23-year-old will join the Scottish club on a two-year deal on July 1 when his current contract with Tranmere Rovers expires.
Stockton, who scored 18 goals in all competitions last season including a run of eight goals in the final 11 games, came through the youth ranks at Tranmere and made his professional debut in January 2012.
"Yeah definitely, I'm looking to take confidence from the end of my season into the next. Every striker's got to," he told Hearts' official TV channel.
"Every striker lives for goals, don't they? If you get a goal early doors then there's your confidence rolling, but I'd like to take the confidence from last season.
"I'm a big, strong striker but not like a target man. I can do both. I'm very good at holding the ball up, I can bring players into play around the box, and I'm a goalscorer.
"Goals win games, don't they? But I can create chances for others."
Tranmere narrowly failed to achieve promotion from the Conference, losing out to Forest Green in the Play-Off Final at Wembley.
He has previously enjoyed loan spells at Vauxhall Motors, Southport and Morecambe before returning to Tranmere for the second half of the 2016/17 campaign.
