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Heart of Midlothian recruit Blair Spittal & James Penrice for next season

By Brian McLauchlinBBC Scotland
Blair Spittal and James Penrice will join Hearts in the summer
Spittal (left) and Penrice were team-mates at Partick Thistle and will link up again next season

Hearts have agreed pre-contract deals for Motherwell midfielder Blair Spittal and Livingston left-back James Penrice.

Spittal, 28, has been a standout for Motherwell this season, scoring 11 goals and providing nine assists.

Formerly with Dundee United, Partick Thistle and Ross County, he had several options before choosing the switch to Tynecastle under freedom of contract.

Penrice, 25, has been at Livingston since 2021, having had a previous loan spell in West Lothian.

He has made 31 appearances during this campaign, laying on five assists.

The pair will be joined by current Ross County playmaker Yan Dhanda, who agreed a move to Hearts after the Edinburgh club failed to sign the 25-year-old Englishman in January.

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