Kyosuke Tagawa to Hearts transfer timeline revealed but Steven Naismith admits Kenny Vargas is at pen pushers' mercy

Steven Naismith expects to have new boy Kyosuke Tagawa on board for the big kick-off at St Johnstone this weekend.

But the Hearts technical director admitted the arrival of Costa Rican Kenneth Vargas will be up to the pen pushers. Naismith reckons the Jambos are in good shape after rounding off their pre-season campaign with a narrow defeat to a powerful Leeds United outfit at Tynecastle on Sunday. But the man in the dugout admitted it could be a MONTH before his side are fully up to speed.

Naismith chucked in new recruits Calem Nieuwenhof and Frankie Kent against Leeds – and Tagawa’s move from Tokyo FC should go through in the next 48 hours. He said: "Hopefully there will be one at the start of the week. The other one, it's just the process. There are different elements to signing someone who needs a work permit and a visa and things like that.

"That timescale is outwith our hands. We will hopefully have one player (Tagawa) in ready to go for next week.”

Naismith is not finished the recruitment drive yet though and he admitted the transfer window still being open cans his team is still taking shape and could take a few more weeks. He said: “We will wait and see. There is no definitive 'we need to do this or that’.

“There’s a lot of time left, a lot of things can happen. We need these two in and then we will be in a comfortable position.

“Pre-season been good. The last bit has been getting players in, other than that we’ve worked on a lot, we have been able to go into a bit more detail in what we want to do. But I don’t think you can really say you are there or happy until a month into the season, that’s when everybody is hitting their sharpness."

Naismith was delighted with the rigorous Leeds workout – and the display