Malachi Fagan-Walcott finds it “surreal” that he will be playing a Champions League qualifier with Hearts within a few months of helping York City win England’s National League.
Chats with former Hearts players Daniel Oyegoke and Malachi Boateng also helped fuel the 24-year-old defender’s excitement about the prospect of signing for the Tynecastle club.
“I spoke to Daniel Oyegoke and Malachi Boateng,” the Englishman told Hearts TV. “They had nothing but good words to say, an unbelievable club, if you get the opportunity, go there, the place is unbelievable and Edinburgh is unbelievable.
“They just added fuel to the fire to make me want to come here. I’m most excited to walk out here.
“You go from National League to Champions League qualifier in the space of a couple of months, it sounds surreal.”
Fagan-Walcott also remembers how Hearts “easily cleaned up” the Scottish Championship title while he was on loan to Dunfermline Athletic from Tottenham Hotspur.
“It’s a club that’s ambitious, that wants to go to another level and it kind of goes hand in hand with me,” he said while revealing that the transfer for an undisclosed fee had been in the offing “for some time”.
Fagan-Walcott is grateful for “a special season” with York but is looking forward to playing in front of bigger crowds than the 7000-8000 that the English side attract.
As for what kind of player those Hearts fans can expect, he added: “I like to just play at my tempo, I’m a ball playing centre-half, but I can get a bit nasty and I can do the other side of it. I love scoring goals too.”
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