Jim Jefferies today insisted that he won't be considering whether or not to recommend making a move for trialist Jonathan Toto, until such time as he knows more about the background of the player.

The Cameroon striker has scored eight goals five reserve games against lower league opposition, but now before JJ considers whether he might earn a permanent deal at Tynecastle the manager needs to understand whether or not any compensation would be due for the 20-year-old.

Only if the paperwork is clear would Hearts then consider whether to make a move for Jonathan, with the manager and his coaching staff still deciding on whether he has the ability to step up to first team level.

"There's no point in going on about Jonathan Toto until we find out more about him," Jim said at his pre-match news conference today when pressed on the subject.

"When you bring in a young player like that you see one or two clubs getting caught on the hop [with big fees].

"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."

Jim stressed that once he knows whether Jonathan would be free to sign for Hearts he'll make a recommendation, but that he's caught the eye playing at the level he's been involved against so far.

"We never knew anything about him until he was put here," he went on.

"He caught our eye and he's played in some lower games. That's why we wanted to look at him for 16 minutes against Blackburn but until we get clearance and we know he is who he say he is - and that sometimes comes into it - [only then will] we push on and see if we can do something.

"Every day in training you see what he's got. We had him in the game the other night and he scored two goals.

"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.

"Training with the first team he gets more of an idea what it's like playing in the sort of games you play at first team 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."

On Hearts.TV today - Catch JJ and Ismael Bouzid give this week's pre-match news conference