Hearts boss Craig Levein admits new left-back in his top priority
Thursday 23 November 2017 12:54, UK
Hearts boss Craig Levein has admitted that a left-back is top of his shopping list for the January transfer window.
With Ashley Smith-Brown injured and Rafal Grzelak mot having played this month, right-back Michael Smith stood in on the left in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle.
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Levein admits it is not an ideal situation and he is keen to rectify matters at the first opportunity.
He told the Evening News: "We still need a left-back. That's one big bugbear we need to fix as quickly as possible. It would give us a little bit more balance.
"It's not ideal having a right-back (Smith) playing in that position. It is what it is at the moment.
"I'm looking at some left-backs just now. It's one glaring thing that we need to address, but I can't do anything until the window opens anyway. We're looking at a number of things.
"Sometimes, availability in January is not that clear. Some of the guys we are looking at have contracts until the end of the season. We'll just have to wait and see.
"Like everything, come January we will probably need to make some headroom before we can do anything else. There are so many variables that I'm not certain about what's going to happen at the moment."
Hearts host Ross County in the Premiership on Saturday, 25 November in their second game at the refurbished Tynecastle.
