Tynecastle has seen some pretty calamitous signings walk through their doors.

Forgetting about all the turmoil surrounding both Hearts and football clubs in general, the club is no stranger to a forgetful signing. They've made their fair share of them over the years, and here we take a look at six of the worst:

Oshaniwa joined from Israeli side Ashdod in 2015. The left-back was an exciting signing but after two seasons - not making a single league appearance in his second - he was released a year before his contract was out. He signed for Nigerian side Akwa United last year.

Hearts was one of six loan-stops that McCallum made between 2012 and 2015. He made his debut in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Inverness CT and missed a penalty in the shoot-out as Hearts were knocked out - in six appearances for Hearts, McCallum didn't score.

Witteveen arrived with high expectations in 2009. He'd been impressing in his native Austria with Red Bull Salzburg, but his time at Tynecastle didn't deliver.

His only season at the club saw him make ten appearances and go out on-loan twice, before trialling at Stirling Albion, failing, and returning to Austria.

A travelled striker if there's ever been one - Sammon spent three seasons at Tynecastle between 2016 and 2019, playing 27 times in all competitions and scoring just twice.

His latter two years at Hearts were spent out on-loan, but when he arrived from Derby County in 2016, it seemed the Irishman would resurrect a dwindling career up in Scotland. Today he plays for Scottish League One side Falkirk.

Craig Levein signed 70 players in his time at the club, many from obscure European countries. David Vanecek is another one who fits that bill - he joined from Czech side FK Teplice in January 2019.

The striker had been in prolific form for Teplice but in five SPL appearances he failed to score, Levein said he was 'rubbish', and Vanecek left the following summer.

Another one who arrived from Europe with expectations, Beslija joined from Genk in 2006 for a record fee of £850,000. The actual deal brought up a lot of controversy and it almost ended with Hearts being transfer embargoed after allegedly cancelling payments before they'd fulfilled the deal.

In two seasons, Beslija made just nine league appearances and failed to score in any, succumbing to injury woes and subsequently moving back to his native Bosnia in 2008 - he went on to win four domestic titles in his final three years as a player.