Hearts target Jonathan Toto joins Morton

Toto impressed Hearts with his goalscoring during a trial

Morton have signed Jonathan Toto on amateur terms while the forward awaits a move to Hearts.

Ton's website states: "The 20-year-old striker will play at Cappielow until January, when he has been earmarked to sign for one of the SPL clubs."

Toto impressed Hearts while on trial, but the Edinburgh club were concerned about possible compensation payments.

He came through the Metz youth system before playing for clubs in France, his native Cameroon and Italy.

His last club was the now-defunct Fourth Division club AC Legnano and his registration passed automatically to Italy's football federation.

Hearts manager Jim Jefferies told his website last month that he was concerned about being landed with a compensation demand.

He's scored a lot of goals since he came here Hearts manager Jim Jefferies

"When you bring in a young player like that, you see one or two clubs getting caught on the hop," he said.

"There's no point in going on about Jonathan Toto until we find out more about him.

"Until we've got clearance, there's no point in discussing it because we might not be able to get him anyway. We'll then decide what we are going to do.

"He's here training, played in bounce games and the agents are working hard to get that information. Only then can we decide what we want to do."

However, Jefferies was impressed with what he had seen of the player.

"He caught our eye and he's played in some lower games," he added.

"He's scored a lot of goals since he came here, but there's more to it as there's a difference in the games he's playing at that level.

"I think he's got something. The more we see him, the more we can make a decision, but there's no point until we get clearance."