Source: Team_Talk
Travel trouble for Obua
Hearts hope David Obua can make their Europa League opener after the Ugandan missed the flight to Hungary because his passport had expired.[LNB] While the rest of the Hearts squad flew out to Hungary on Tuesday morning ahead of Thursday's qualifier against Paksi, Obua was on his way to London.[LNB]The 27-year-old, who scored in a 1-1 draw against Rangers on Saturday, needs to secure passport clearance from the Ugandan embassy before obtaining a visa from the Hungarian embassy, and then catching a flight to Budapest.[LNB]Hearts manager Jim Jefferies told the club's official website: "It is something we have to deal with and something we are working on to resolve.[LNB]"Provided he can get things sorted out, he will be with us on Wednesday, which won't be a disaster as he will have missed just the one training session."[LNB]Hearts will be without the injured Andy Webster and Mehdi Taouil for the first leg of the third qualifying round, but Jamie Hamill is available after missing the Ibrox trip through suspension.[LNB]
