Cammy Devlin sends love-bomb to Hearts and reveals when he will decide future

Cammy Devlin admits that playing for Hearts is “so special” as the midfielder weighs up his options for the future.

Devlin’s contract at Tynecastle expired at the end of the season and while he is in discussions with Hearts officials over a potential renewal, he is also mulling over other options.

The 28-year-old has been at Hearts for five years and was an integral part of the team that so nearly won the Premiership title in the 2025/26 campaign, losing to eventual champions Celtic on the last day of the season and missing out on silverware by two points.

Cammy Devlin's Hearts future is up in the air. | Getty Images

Devlin is a firm fans’ favourite but at a key point in his career, he also has lucrative offers from clubs across the globe. He is currently in the United States preparing for Australia’s World Cup campaign, which begins next week.

Devlin undertook press duties for the Socceroos over the weekend and he was asked by media what Hearts meant to him - and he gave a glowing response in an emotional interview.

“It’s an amazing football club,” said Devlin. “Moving to Scotland is the best thing that ever happened to me. I met my girlfriend there and I’ve been living with her for a few years now. I’ve got her family that make me feel so at home.

“Hearts is so special. I love going to work every day and I’ve made some best mates who I will be friends with for life at that club. The fans are everything for that football club. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a game or been through Edinburgh, but it’s such a special place to play football.

“I think this season epitomises that in terms of what winning, and staying top of the league, actually meant to the people. That’s why it hurt so much that we never got it done. To see what it did to people around the city was amazing. We were so close to doing something so special.

“I absolutely love Hearts. It’s been so, so good to me and my family, everyone that’s come over to see me play. I do feel the love and it’s so appreciated.”

Devlin also revealed that he will not be deciding on where his future lies until after the World Cup with Australia.

“It’s hard, because I know I’ve got a massive decision to make,” he continued. “Being in the pre-camp, first and foremost, I just wanted to put my head down, work as hard as I could to put my name in [coach Tony Popovic’s] mind.

“You don’t really want any distractions; you just want to focus on this and do as well as I can for my country. I think this is the pinnacle for any sportsman. So to be focusing on someone else at the moment is probably not the right thing to do.

“Obviously, it’s hard because it’s my future, and I’m not sure what’s happening at the moment.

“I’ve spoken to my coach at Hearts [Derek McInnes], me and him have such a great relationship, and we’re speaking regularly at the moment.

“Hearts is such an amazing place. I feel so at home there, so it’s something that I actually don’t know at the moment, and as I said, I’ve got a World Cup to focus on, so that’s my main priority.”

Devlin also admitted how Hearts lost the league at Celtic Park, with a late defeat and pitch invasion, left a “sour” taste for him and his teammates.

“It was horrible, to be honest,” he said. “I didn’t envision the last game of the season going the way it did, in terms of the result, and the scenes you all would have seen. That’s not what football is about.

“They won the game, and they were the champions. But just the way it all happened, the kind of last week with some of the decisions and stuff.

“It puts a bit of a sour taste on the ending to what was such a good season for such a special club.

“None of the players got hurt, but it wasn’t nice, and it never is. But at the end of the day, we didn’t quite get it over the line, which is something that will take a while [to process].”