- Hearts have officially appointed Wouter Vrancken, a 47-year-old Belgian, as their new head coach on a two-year contract.
- Vrancken joins as a free agent after successfully guiding Sint-Truiden to a third-placed finish in the Belgian top flight and has been named Belgian manager of the year twice.
- He succeeds Derek McInnes, who departed to join Rangers after leading Hearts to an impressive season where they narrowly missed out on the William Hill Premiership title.
- Hearts led the Scottish Premiership for much of the last season, but ultimately lost the title-deciding match 3-1 to Celtic at Celtic Park.
- The final game was marred by a pitch invasion by Celtic fans following their third goal, though the SPFL later confirmed the referee had officially ended the match rather than abandoning it.
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