Six of the Heart of Midlothian squad that travelled to Tenerife for the warm-weather training camp weren't involved in the 2-1 friendly loss to Leyton Orient at Tynecastle Park on Saturday.

Alex Cochrane was in attendance but is set to leave after the club accepted a bid from Birmingham City. James Penrice was involved in training in Tenerife but is being cautious as he builds back up from a hip injury he suffered last season.

Beni Baningime, Stephen Kingsley, Finlay Pollock and Calem Nieuwenhof were left out due to wee knocks or injury. None of the four will return for Wednesday's meeting with Tottenham Hotspur with the club waiting to find out more information on Nieuwenhof's hamstring issue.

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Steven Naismith confirmed as much after the Orient match.

"Different things," he said. "Calem has had a wee issue with his hamstring and we're waiting to see the severity of it.

"And the other three Beni Baningime, Finlay Pollock and Stephen Kingsley all have picked up knocks during pre-season, nothing too serious. But whether it is a week or two or whenever it may be, they'll be back in when they're ready."

Zander Clark and Lawrence Shankland returned to training while the team were in Tenerife and new signing Gerald Taylor is expected to join the squad on Monday with Kenneth Vargas back this week.

"They came back last week when we were away and did some testing and a couple of sessions with the B team," Naismith said. "They are back with us come Monday.

"Kenneth's got a wee bit more time off from when he finished as well. The rest side of it is important so they have all been given enough rest because we've got a busy six months coming up."