Hearts transfer news: James Hill, Yutaro Oda join while Callum Paterson, Garang Kuol deals are close
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Hearts have signed Japanese forward Yutaro Oda on a three-and-a-half-year deal plus defender James Hill on loan from Bournemouth until the summer.
Oda arrives from Vissel Kobe on a three-and-a-half-year deal, with the 21-year-old having played in Japan's top-flight, the Asian Champions League and featuring for the Japan U21s.
Hearts boss Robbie Neilson said: "He's got a lot of great attributes but the exciting thing is that he's still young and there will be more to come from him, so we've got a huge part to play in developing him.
"He's very quick, very direct and technically very good. He'll bring a lot to the team and we're all looking forward to working with him."
Sporting director Joe Savage added: "We've made no secret of our willingness to focus on markets across the world in an effort to identify talent and value for money
"In Yutaro, we feel we've got both of those things. He is someone we had been looking at for a while and, thankfully, all the pieces fell into place to allow us to bring him to the club."
