As Daniel Arzani, an Australian international winger, gets ready to leave Melbourne Victory, Hearts has extended an opportunity to relocate to Scotland. The Edinburgh club hopes to entice a third winger to Tynecastle Park this summer after agreeing to sign the Greek wide player Alexandros Kyziridis and negotiating a contract for Kazakhstani Islam Chesnokov.
Arzani, 26, is out of contract at Victory and preparing to head for pastures new. Hearts are one of several clubs interested and put their proposal forward offering the player a chance to return to Europe. He previously spent four years on the books at Manchester City between 2018 and 2022, and was loaned to Celtic for the first two seasons. He also featured on loan Dutch side Utrecht, AGF in Denmark and Belgian club Lommel SK.
Injury prevented Arzani making any impact during his time in Glasgow but he now has the chance to return to British football. The player is currently weighing up his future after the best season of his career in Australia. He helped Victory reach the A-League series final, where they lost to another of his former clubs, rivals Melbourne City.
Hearts transfer target has interest from Europe, Asia and Australia this summer
Arzani holds nine caps for Australia with one goal to his name and is currently with his national team as they prepare for this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Saudi Arabia. There is interest from other clubs in Europe, Asia and Australia in the player, who is understood to be intrigued by another chance in the United Kingdom.
Hearts would like Arzani to sign a long-term contract to join their reshaped squad under new head coach Derek McInnes. Since arriving at Tynecastle from Kilmarnock last month, McInnes has made clear his desire to set up a team featuring wingers. Kyziridis has signed a pre-contract agreement, a transfer deal for Chesnokov is still in negotiations, whilst Norwegian right-back Christian Borchgrevink and Irish midfielder Oisin McEntee have also committed their futures to Hearts.
