The Tynecastle star man has just 12 months left on his Gorgie deal as club chiefs look to persuade him to sign extended terms.
With his 29th birthday approaching this summer, Lawrence Shankland knows he’s nearing his Hearts sell-by date.
“It’s part of the game,” he said. “The transfer market’s there for everybody to get excited and talk, I just leave it at that. It’s just outside noise. It doesn’t affect me at all until someone comes knocking on my door and says, ‘This is the position you’re in’. "I’m aware at the age I am that some clubs don’t want to sign older players because there’s no real sell-on value, so it’ll need to someone who would want to sign me for the here and now that would be signing me. If nothing happens, I’m more than comfortable with the position and the club are the same.”
“For me personally, if I’m a part of that everybody will be pulling in the same direction and looking to improve on what we’ve done this year. Of course, you want to win trophies but it’s not as if Hearts win them all the time and we’ve just missed out over the past two years. That might just be what’s asked of him this summer if Steve Clarke’s horrendous luck on the injury front continues. Scotland’s Euro hopefuls are dropping like flies but Shankland is convinced the national team still have the quality to make their mark in Germany.
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