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Derek McInnes has hinted at further January signings after Hearts secured a pre-contract deal for Uganda forward Rogers Mato to join in the summer.
The 22-year-old, who was subject of a rejected 350,000 euro offer from Hearts, has agreed a three-year contract to move to Tynecastle in the summer when his FK Vardar deal expires.
It remains to be seen if Premiership leaders Hearts will renew their attempts to buy Mato this month, but McInnes, who has already added Jordi Altena and Islam Chesnokov since the window opened, says the club are equipped to land players who can "make the difference".
"We've always had huge support from the board," the Tynecastle boss said.
"We can only spend so much on Hearts wages and all the rest of it, but with the expertise of Jamestown [Analytics], there's a lot of people on the board, particularly James Anderson who's keen to really support us in anything we're trying to do.
"But from [chief executive] Andrew McKinlay, everybody on the board recognises that if we can make the difference with one or two signings and step up, then we could be in a position to go and do that.
"Whenever we've presented good players to the board, we've always had good backing to try and get things done, and hopefully that continues."
McInnes has urged Hearts fans to crank up the noise at Tynecastle on Wednesday night when his table-topping side host St Mirren.
"We need all the help we can get," he said. "I think the fans realise by now that any sort of interaction, any positivity towards the team, any extra noise helps us.
"We want Tynecastle to be something extra special, something extra intimidating for the opponents, a place where our players really enjoy playing at home.
"We're now directly in competition with Rangers and Celtic as it stands in the league. We are the underdog.
"But we have an unshakable belief in what we're doing. We are confident where we are. This isn't a purple patch. We're nearly four months at the top of the league. It's something substantial."
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