McGovern joins Livi on loan from Hearts

Livingston have announced the loan signing of Hearts goalkeeper Michael McGovern until the end of the season.

The 39-year-old arrived at Tynecastle in the summer, but has not made a competitive appearance for Hearts.

“I’m delighted to bring Michael into the building," Livi manager David Martindale said. “He brings a wealth of experience into the dressing room and is a top professional on and off the park.

“Ideally, it wasn’t a position we were overly looking to strengthen as I feel we could use the resources elsewhere but the trip to Turkey highlighted that we needed another keeper in the building.

“Neither Jack [Hamilton] or Shamal [George] were available for the games over in Turkey due to injuries and Jack’s probably takes him beyond the January window so we felt we needed another goalkeeper in the building now."