Lawrence Shankland has finally explained the photo of him in a Hearts kit as a kid that’s been doing the rounds for years.
The Scotland striker will now pull on the maroon as the Jambos’ new number nine after penning a three-year deal. The Tynecastle club have paid an undisclosed fee to bring him back to the Scottish Premiership from Beerschot in Belgium, where he headed last summer in a £1million move from Dundee United.
The internet consensus was that Shankland must have been a childhood Jambo after the photo started doing the rounds online. But he was actually part of the club’s academy from a young age before leaving before he hit his teens. Shankland went pro with Aberdeen, but didn't quite make the first team breakthrough on a regular basis at Pittodrie. He joined Ayr United permanently after a loan spell at St Mirren and he hit the goal trail at Somerset Park, eventually earning a switch to Dundee United, where he first linked up with Neilson.
