Hearts captain Christophe Berra admits he wants to leave Tynecastle.

Everton, Fulham and Sunderland are keeping tabs on the Scotland defender, while at least two clubs in Europe have asked Hearts to be kept informed of the situation.

Celtic may also see the £3million-rated centre-half as a possible replacement for Stephen McManus if the Hoops skipper quits Parkhead.

And Berra told the Daily Record: "I've never hidden the fact I have aspirations to go to play at the highest level. If an opportunity did come I'd like to think the club would give me that chance.

"The SPL is a good league and Hearts are a great club, a big club, but there are bigger clubs and bigger leagues in the world.

"If you want to prove yourself against the best you've got to take that chance. If it did come up I would like to go.

"There's a week to go in the transfer window but it's not down to me really.

There's a lot of speculation. It depends if a club makes a bid for me and whether it gets accepted. If it does, we'll see what happens.

"At the moment I'm at Hearts and I'm still giving 110 per cent. I still want to improve. I'll be glad when the window closes to be honest because I'll know where I am, whether I'm still here or away.

"If I'm still here it won't affect me one little bit, I'll still give everything for this club and for the manager. It's not in my hands, it's down to people at other clubs if they want to make an offer and Mr Romanov if he accepts."