The Austrian played a pivotal role in Craig Leveins midfield last season paired with Arnoud Djoum in the midfield he scored 7 goals and got 3 assists in between injuries. After the success of his debut season Haring penned a new deal with Hearts until 2024, already a fans favourite with his tough tackling, positional awareness and excellent heading ability the Gorgie faithful were looking forward to seeing Haring kick on and help Hearts improve on last season’s finish.
Though Peter Haring has not been seen in a maroon jersey since the Scottish cup final defeat to Celtic in May. With the game poised at 1-1 Haring, having been excellent the whole game was forced to come off due to a hernia injury he was suffering in the weeks leading up to the final. As soon as he went off Hearts conceded another goal and the final was lost. After all attempts within the club at getting him fit over the summer were unsuccessful Hearts last option was to send him out to specialists in the hope, they could detect something which the club couldn’t. Prior to the cup final Haring did go under the knife in a double hernia operation so it was thought he could be suffering from the aftermath of that. After meeting a specialist in Austria Haring’s future and fitness remained unclear. The specialist’s main advice was to rest, news neither the player or fans wanted to hear with Hearts at the foot of the table a player of Harings stature would be a huge boost to the current squad. The specialist was also unable to provide a clear diagnosis according to manager Daniel Stendel who would also be keen to add him to his match day squad with current centre midfielders Oliver Bozanic, Andy Irving and Loic Damour coming under a lot of criticism for there below par performances. As for now the closest Peter Haring will be to the pitch is continuing his work with Stendel as his interpreter.
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