Dundee United target Danny Wilson cleared to stay at Hearts

Dundee United signing target Danny Wilson will stay at Hearts at the end of his loan deal from Liverpool after the Scottish Premier Football League confirmed his registration will continue.

The Gorgie side, who entered administration earlier this month, had announced the 21-year-old would join them permanently on a three-year deal starting in July when his six-month loan expired.

However, the deal appeared to be off when administrators BDO came in to sort out the club’s financial problems and on Saturday Courier Sport revealed that United were keen to give the former Scottish young player of the year an opportunity to resurrect his career at Tannadice.

Wilson had agreed to take a pay cut to stay at Tynecastle, and the SPFL confirmed the deal would not count as a new registration, and would be allowed under their current embargo.

Hearts manager Gary Locke was happy the situation had reached a positive outcome.