Rowles & Boyce set for exit

Hearts are set to lose two of their senior players over the next week.

Northern Ireland striker Liam Boyce is returning to his homeland to join Derry City before the new League of Ireland campaign kicks off next month.

Boyce, 33, joined from Burton Albion in January 2020 and has made 124 appearances for the Tynecastle club, scoring 36 goals.

And Australia defender Kye Rowles is poised to for a move Stateside to join DC United.

Rowles moved to Hearts from Central Coast Mariners in 2022 and signed a contract extension the following January to 2028 after impressing for Australia at the World Cup in Qatar.

The 26-year-old made his 100th appearance for the club in the derby defeat to Hibernian on Boxing Day.