Glenn Whelan leaves Hearts 'by mutual agreement'

With Ireland's Euro 2020 play-offs looming in March, he will now be urgently seeking another club to give him the game time he will require to ensure he remains in the forefront of Mick McCarthy's plans.

Glenn Whelan is on the hunt for a new club after leaving the Scottish Premiership's bottom club Hearts.

The news hardly came as a surprise following recent critical comments about the veteran by the struggling club’s new manager Daniel Stendal.