Hearts of Oak captain, Mahatma Otoo has signed a one-year extension with the club for a fee of 30,000 dollars.
The deal will keep the 21-year old at the club till August 2014 and douses all flames surrounding the future of the leading marksman of the premier league, who has scored 16-goals.
Information pieced together by GNA Sports indicates the Hearts hierarchy and Otoo met at an Accra-based hotel on Monday afternoon where the deal was struck.
The striker�s contract runs out in August, but Hearts has tied him up to fend off potential suitors including archrivals Asante Kotoko.
The move is also to ensure Hearts cashes in on a potential move abroad of the player with South African giants, Mamelodi Sundowns and Portuguese side Benfica, knocking at his door.
According to a source, both parties are happy with the new deal, which ranks amongst one of the most expensive on the local scene.
Otoo joined Hearts in 2009 and has remained a pillar in the fortunes of the club. He enjoyed a brief spell with Tunisian side, Esperance Sportive de Tunis in 2010, where he won a silver medal in the 2010 CAF Champions League.
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