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Derek McInnes has been speaking to the media ahead of Hearts' home game against Aberdeen on Saturday.
Here are the key lines from his press conference:
- McInnes says he has eleven players who wont train on Wednesday due to various injuries. There was "varying degrees of success and bad news" from scans but the manager insists he can still put out a strong team and squad this weekend.
- Club record signing Ageu is out for the season and will require an operation on a thigh injury, with the manager saying the Brazilian has had "no luck at all" since his move and is "heartbroken" by the latest setback.
- Stuart Finlay has a hamstring issue and will be absent for six weeks but Beni Baningime could return against Aberdeen, while Oisin McEntee and Sabah Kerjota are the other two McInnes sees as "50-50" for the weekend.
- Cammy Devlin and Lawrence Shankland are continuing their recovery and Hearts hope to have back both back before the international break.
- The manager also gave an update on Craig Gordon, revealing that the veteran goalkeeper is a doubt for Scotland's friendlies against Japan and Ivory Coast. He said the neck and shoulder issue was "wear and tear" and down to the number of games but said that Gordon felt better than the scan suggested and would not be wrapping himself in cotton wool to preserve his World Cup hopes.
- McInnes revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson will attend Saturday's game against Aberdeen and that he felt "privileged" to be getting pointers and advice from the managerial legend. He said Sir Alex "knows the players" and regularly talks to him about whats going on at the club. He added: "Obviously Walter Smith was somebody that was my biggest confidant, somebody that I tapped into the most for advice, but it's nice that he's reached out to me and been speaking a lot recently."