Jorge Grant and Alex Cochrane Hearts transfer latest as Robbie Neilson issues Liam Boyce warning

Robbie Neilson hopes to have deals for Jorge Grant and Alex Cochrane tied up in the next few days with both players “desperate” to sign.

But the Hearts boss insists top scorer Liam Boyce is going nowhere. The Northern Irishman was linked with ABerdeen and Ipswich this week, but Neilson is determined to keep him in Gorgie.

A fee has been agreed with Peterborough for Grant, but the 27-year-old still needs to negotiate his exit from London Road before he can sign with the Jambos. It’s a similar scenario with Cochrane ahead of his permanent return from Brighton after spending last season on loan at Tynecastle.

"We are still working away with Brighton so we will hopefully get that over the line, maybe in a few days' time,” Neilson explained. “Grant from Peterborough is still a wee bit back and forward but, again, we are quite far down the line with it.

"Both players are desperate to come here, it's just a case of getting this sorted out in the background. These things always take longer than you would hope.

"[Grant’s] got moments in him. He's got unbelievable set-play delivery. Secondly, he's got the moment for the final pass or the final shot. We need more of that within the team. We get into good areas, we just need that final moment at times and he has got that.

"I've known Jorge for a number of years from when I was down south. I saw him with different clubs. When he was at Nottingham Forest, I knew Mark Warburton and David Weir, who had him there. He moved to Notts County so I've always had an eye on him.

"He had a great season at Lincoln then went to Peterborough and it probably didn't quite work out the way he wanted it to. That's kind of the market we look at. It was the same with Beni Baningime when he went on