He went from team captain to a player that fell out of favor with the current manager who was hired in December. According to Edinburgh Evening News he was stripped of his captaincy when new signing Christophe Berra arrived, though apparently Kitchen knew this was going to happen.
The 25-year-old defensive midfielder is now in the market for a new club. Here’s what his manager had to say about the ordeal and changes at Hearts.
“That’s something for us, naturally he’s not had a great time personally having not been in the side as often as any player would have liked but that’s a personal thing,” said manager Ian Cathro.