Tottenham beat Arsenal to sign Hearts and Scotland Striker

Tottenham beat Arsenal to sign Hearts and Scotland Striker

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Tottenham sign James Wilson on loan from Hearts

A dream move for James Wilson has been confirmed after Tottenham announced they have signed the Hearts striker on loan from Hearts.

It's been a shock deadline day move for the Scotland striker which started off with Arsenal interested in signing the Hearts forward, on loan until the end of the season which an option of a permanent move come the summer.

However by the afternoon, it was revealed that Tottenham had overtaken their North London rivals in the race to sign the striker and a deal has now been confirmed by the club.

The 18-year-old, who is Scotland's youngest ever men's international, joins the club's U21 squad on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent in the summer. The Hearts Standard are reporting that a permanent deal will be in the region of £2.5m plus a sell-on fee.

Aaron McIntosh
Aaron McIntosh Scottish Football Writer

Aaron McIntosh - Scottish Football Writer at Football Park

Aaron joined the Football Park team after being an a part of the successful Scots Media Collective team which ran the popular X (formerly known as Twitter) page, Everything Scotland. In November 2025, Scots Media Collective officially joined Football Park to create the Football Park - Scotland team, Aaron remains in previous post as one of the social media admins for the X and Instagram Football Park - Scotland pages and has also become writer for the website.

A passionate Scottish football fan; Aaron supports his local football club Raith Rovers, attending his first match in 2006 and has been a season ticket holder at Stark's Park since 2010. Aaron is also a Scotland Supporters Club member for over 12 years and attends many of the National Team matches at Hampden Park, his first Scotland match came in 2013 when they hosted Wales. Aaron also attended Euro 2024 in Germany supporting his country.

Aaron was a part of the short lived 'The Pub League Podcast' team, which launched in 2021 in preparation for Euro 2020 and for the upcoming Scottish football season in 2021/22. He is now a finding member of the Scots Media Collective's 'Scots With A Mic' podcast which now, along with the social media accounts, is a part of Football Park - Scotland branch.

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