Hearts reject £2m Wolves bid for captain Berra

BARRY ANDERSON
HEARTS have refused a £2 million offer from Wolverhampton Wanderers for Christophe Berra, insisting that a minimum of £3 million will be required for the club captain to leave Tynecastle.
Wolves had a £1.5 million bid for Berra rejected last summer but have now returned to the negotiating table. While dismissing their most recent advances, Hearts have encouraged the Midlands club to meet their valuation of the 23-year-old Scotland internationalist.

The Evening News revealed last Friday that Tynecastle officials wanted £3 million for Berra, regarded as one of the club's prize assets. He stated yesterday that he would be like the opportunity to test himself at a higher level, saying: "I've never hidden the fact that I have aspirations to go and play at the highest level. If an opportunity did come, I'd like to think the club would give me that chance.

"The SPL is a good league, Hearts are a great club, a big club, but there are bigger clubs and bigger leagues in the world.

"If you want to prove yourself against the best you've got to take that chance. If it did come up I would like to go. There's a week to go in the transfer window but it's not down to me really. There's a lot of speculation. It depends if a club makes a bid for me and whether it gets accepted. If it does, we'll see what happens."

Whether Berra would consider the English Championship a higher level remains to be seen but Wolves will first have to increase their offer by £1 million before they can talk to the player.

Taken from the Scotsman