Lawrence Shankland has 'lots to consider' over Hearts future as star man opens up on dealing with outside noise
dailyrecord.co.ukLawrence Shankand's future dominated the January headlines with his Hearts contract ticking beyond the 18 months to go mark.But the skipper insists it remains 'very easy' to be fully focused on the job at hand as he looks to fire Steven Naismith's men to Scottish Cup glory and a third place finish in the Scottish Premiership behind Rangers and Celtic - and with that a return to Europe.
Speculation is rife over the future of the Scotland international as he continues to bag the goals at Tynecastle. The club have looked to tie him down to extended terms but nothing has yet been agreed as he continues focusing on the football and not the outside noise with a massive quarter-final cup clash at Morton just hours away for Shankland and his team-mates.The Hearts star maintains he is enjoying his football and is grateful for everything the capital club have given him to date but concedes he does have a lot to consider when it comes to his future.
Speaking to BBC Scotland about the speculation surrounding him, he explained: "It's more the noise from outside to be honest."It is other people you need to deal with messaging and they see the stuff on social media and newspaper.
I know my contacts, I know the club, I work here every day and I know the situation I am in. If anything was to come about I would be involved in it at some point down the road.
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