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Hearts Starlet Off to Bologna

Not many UK youngsters would turn down the opportunity to join European Champions, Bayern Munich.

But 18-year-old Scot Aaron Hickey is the exception to the rule. We covered Bologna’s interest in the player a few weeks ago (see; Could Bologna Move for Scottish Youngster Be Positive News for The Impact?), and now a four-year deal is set to be signed and sealed this week.

Hickey was also being tailed by Aston Villa of the English Premier League and his boyhood favourites Celtic, of whom former Hearts manager Craig Levein has said, “.