Rangers transfer news: Pedro Caixinha returns with second bid for Jamie Walker
A verbal offer of £500,000 was knocked back by Jambos chiefs, who have made it clear their player of the year will be going nowhere for less than £1million.
However, Walker wants to move to Ibrox and has made it clear he will leave Tynecastle under freedom of contract next summer if he is not sold before then.
The Jambos are also expecting interest in the 23-year-old from down south, but the player would prefer to join his close friend and former team-mate Jason Holt at Rangers.
Light Blues manager Pedro Caixinha will return with an improved offer and it is expected that a deal somewhere closer to Hearts’ valuation will eventually be reached.
It is likely to be a prolonged game of cat and mouse, like the pursuit of Norwich City midfielder Graham Dorrans.