Hearts set to sell Ryan McGowan after fee agreed with Chinese club RYAN McGowan is set to travel to China to undergo a medical after Hearts confirmed that a fee has been agreed with Shandong Luneng Taishan. Ryan McGowan set to leave Hearts after fee agreed with Chinese club Shandong Luleng Taishan Player will be a "big miss," according to John McGlynn The Australian international was left out of the Hearts squad to face rivals Hibernian tomorrow as speculation of McGowan's possible transfer intensified, with manager John McGlynn today confirming his omission ahead of the Edinburgh derby. The club are understood to have a greed a fee in the region of £400,000 for the defender, who has been at Hearts since 2006. Hearts have been looking to offload several first-team players to trim the wage bill, with the club currently subject to a registration embargo. "He's not put pen to paper," McGlynn said of McGowan. It's disappointing to lose him but if good offers come in we need to accept them. He's been a massive influence both on and off the pitch. He's a really, really good character. He's a great lad, so he'll be a big miss. McGlynn had earlier dismissed talk of McGowan's future as "pure speculation." Fellow defenders Andy Webster and Marius Zaliukas also out of contract in the summer, and are free to open talks with other clubs throughout January.