Source: PA
Webster set for Hamilton trip
Manager Jim Jefferies could call upon Andy Webster for Hearts' Clydesdale Bank Premier League trip to Hamilton on Saturday but Kevin Kyle remains a fitness doubt and could require surgery.
Webster rejoined Hearts last week following his release from Rangers, five years after an acrimonious departure from Tynecastle.
Webster left Hearts in 2006, becoming the first player to use new FIFA rules to exit a year before his contract expired, something which incurred the wrath of Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov who had frozen the defender out of the Scottish Cup-winning team.
But Jefferies, who persuaded Romanov to support his recruitment of Webster, believes the Scotland international's commitment to the cause was proven when he turned down better offers from elsewhere to return to Hearts on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Jefferies, whose side sit third in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, said: "There was a lot of interest in him and he had some great offers. I know there were a couple of offers on the table, particularly one, which beat us.
"It just shows you he didn't do it for the money. He's come to the club because whenever he knew we were interested, this was the first club that was in his mind. The talks were easy, because he was so desperate to come back."
