Dawid Kucharski, a 24-year-old from the Lech Poznan club, has joined Ian Black and Suso Santana as a new face at Tynecastle.

Csaba Laszlo now takes his side to Germany to step up their pre-season preparations, with a number of friendlies lined up over the next week or so.

Andrew Driver meanwhile continues to be linked with a summer move away from Edinburgh but his price-tag, if reports are to be believed, is now up at £6m.