Hearts of Oak are reportedly on the verge of completing a deal with Scottish tactician Frank Nuttal to become the new Head Coach of the club.

The Phobians have been without a substantive trainer since care-taker coach Yaw Preko vacated the club in October last year.

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Here is all you need to know about the 48-year-old coach, who arrived in Ghana on Thursday to meet the Hearts board on Friday.

---Nuttal was born in Hamilton, Scotland on May 10, 1968. He turns 49 in three months.

---He holds a BA in Human Movement from UWIC Cardiff (now Cardiff Metropolitan University) and an MSC in Sports Science from Loughborough University. He is also a UEFA Pro License holder, having acquired it from 2002-2004.

---He has been a coaching instructor for FIFA, the English FA, the Chinese FA and the Asian Football Confederation.

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---He was the fitness coach of the England U-17 team that won the 2011 UEFA Championship and Assistant Coach and Head of fitness at Scottish club Rangers when they won the 2005 Scottish Premier League.

---He has worked as:

Assistant coach - Bristol City FC (2002-2003),

Assistant coach - Rotherham United FC (2003-2004),

Assistant coach and Head of Fitness - Rangers (2004-2006)

First Team coach - Al Nasr in the UAE (2006)

Head Fitness Coach and Head of Physical Development - Middlesbrough (2008-2009)

Assistant Coach - China National Football Team (2010-2011)

Coach and Performance Consultant - Hibernian FC (2012-2013)

First Team Coach - Qingdau Hainiu (2014)

Assistant Coach - Qatar Under 23 National Team (2014)

Head Coach - Gor Mahia (2014-2016)

Assistant coach - Zamalek - 2016

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---Nuttal's biggest achievement was winning the Kenyan Premier League back to back with Gor Mahia (2014 and 2015), the second of which was achievement with an impressive all-season-long unbeaten record (24 wins and 6 draws out of 30 games). He also won the 2015 Kenyan Super Cup and the Kenya Super 8 Cup with Gor Mahia. He was named Kenyan Coach of the Year in 2015.

---At Zamalek, he worked under the high profile Scottish manager Alex McLeish, whom he had worked with at Rangers over a decade earlier.