Date: February 17th 2010
Author: Grantley Bernard
From: Herald Sun

Fresh from Bolton keeping a clean sheet in Sydney's 2-0 win against Melbourne Victory to clinch the A-League premiership, Heart yesterday announced it had secured the veteran goalkeeper on a multi-year deal.

The job of knocking in the goals will fall to Aloisi if Heart officials get their way, going after the veteran striker, who buried Victory on Sunday with a brilliant long-range goal after collecting the ball in the centre circle.

"We're talking to him," Heart chief executive Scott Munn said.

"We're talking to a lot of players and we continue to speak to a whole range of players. Someone of the calibre of John Aloisi would be fantastic, but it's a long, long way away."

Speculation had long linked Bolton with a move to Heart for its inaugural A-League season and coach John van't Schip admitted the goalkeeper, who was capped four times by the Socceroos, had captured his eye with his performances for Sydney.

"From the start he was one of the goalkeepers I had on my list," Van't Schip said.

"He was one of my favourites by far. He will be good for the club and good for a young goalkeeper playing behind him.

"I have followed him for a long period of the season. I saw him play a couple of times and (assistant coaches Jesper Olsen and Ante Milicic) know him well. He is an experienced goalkeeper ... and a great signing and it will be fantastic to welcome him here."

With Bolton under contract, Heart has five announced signings, with Dean Heffernan, Matt Thompson, Jason Hoffman and Kristian Sarkies the others.

Heart has announced Westpac as its major sponsor, tagging it the A-League's biggest, with the bank believed to have paid $2 million to be the club's shirt sponsor over three years.

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