McInnes aims to ‘deliver silverware’ for Hearts

After being appointed as Heart of Midlothian’s new head coach on a four-year contract, Derek McInnes hopes to “deliver silverware.”

Neil Critchley, who was only in charge for six months, was fired in late April and is now 53-years-old, leaving Kilmarnock, who is a Scottish Premiership rival.

McInnes will be followed from Rugby Park to Tynecastle by coaches Paul Sheerin and Alan Archibald.

A “delighted” McInnes said, “I’ve always felt like this is a club I’ve wanted to run.” “We want to try to deliver silverware,” the statement reads.

The new head coach, who is currently on a three-year contract with Hearts, and goalkeeper Craig Gordon, said “these conversations will be had” and that he would respond quickly to the situation with captain Lawrence Shankland, who has scored 67 goals in three seasons there.

He believes that the partnership will give Hearts an “additional advantage” as the club has been working with Jamestown Analytics since their recruitment.

“Clearly, there needs to be work,” McInnes said. There are many talented players present, and we need to find a more effective method of operation.

We can look forward with a lot more hope with the right additions and the right adjustments to the squad, “.”

McInnes had been in charge of Kilmarnock since 2022, and he led the Ayrshire side to Europe last season by placing fourth.

His managerial career began when he led St. Johnstone to the top of the table in 2009, and he spent eight years there until his League Cup triumph in 2014, where he never finished below fourth.

McInnes took over Kilmarnock in January 2021, leading them to promotion to the Premiership, after Pittodrie lacked them in 2021.

His side finished ninth overall, two places below Hearts, after a spell in Ayrshire.

McInnes was ruled out of the home dugout after the clubs reached a compensation deal after Kilmarnock lost 1-0 to Hearts at Rugby Park on Sunday.

He claimed it had been “a little problematic” for him to be linked with Hearts in the final weeks of the season, but he insisted there was nothing to be sorry for.

He continued, “I loved my time at Kilmarnock.” It would have been completed at the end of the season, according to the author.

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