Connor Ronan transfer fight won't worry Hearts as Aberdeen third force debate is no contest - Ryan Stevenson

It's a time of year when most players, managers and even agents are on the beach.

But it seems like Robbie Neilson is not lounging around right now.

Fair play to Hearts, the transfer window is barely open and they are already starting to tool up for next season.

The deal for Kye Rowles is done and dusted after Hearts got a work permit, but I don’t think it was ever in doubt.

I’m no expert but a guy who played for Australia in their World Cup play-off win against UEA the other day shouldn’t have been too much of a problem getting it rubber stamped.

We’ll have to wait and see how he does once he arrives in Scotland but it sounds like he fits the bill.

Hearts obviously need reinforcements in the centre of defence with John Souttar joining Rangers.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge blow losing Souttar. You are not going to get a like for like replacement – because it would cost absolute fortunes.

Knowles is highly-rated though. New signings always are, but there’s certainly optimistic noises about him coming from Down Under and there’s a suggestion he could end up one day playing in the top divisions in England.

That’s all positive. He’s a good age at 23 and we’ve seen plenty of Australian players coming here and finding it easy to settle.

The poor guy just needs to get used to the weather.

It also can’t hurt the fact Hearts already have a couple of Aussies on the books in Cammy Devlin and Nathaniel Atkinson.

Just because they come from the same country doesn’t mean they will automatically be mates.

I’ve played with plenty of guys from the same country and they couldn’t stand each other!

But it's definitely a bonus early on when it comes to settling in a new country. I’m not surprised Neilson also looked closer to home