Braga on team-mates: Who is 'scary', 'annoying' and 'childish'?

Claudio Braga has opened up on the Hearts' dressing room, revealing which player "scared" him when he arrived in Edinburgh and which player reminds him of a "five-year-old".

Speaking on the Scottish Football Social Club, the Portuguese forward was grilled on his team-mates.

"Craig Halkett, you look at him and he's always so serious," Braga said. "When I came, I was scared of him because every time he joked, he didn't look like he was joking. I would think 'Damn, I've messed up.'

"With Cammy [Devlin], he's just annoying. He's a little guy who is trying to make everyone mad, in a funny way. He fines me all the time. Him and Halkett are the fines guys and they fine me a lot. I hate that!"

Not even his captain, Lawrence Shankland, escaped flak

"Shankland, a 30-year-old with a five-year-old's mindset," Braga joked. "Everybody has their strengths when it comes to comedy, but they're so serious in training.

"Everyone can insult each other, demand from each other, but when we get out of training we're laughing."

Braga has been a revelation for Hearts since signing from Norwegian second-tier side Aalesunds last summer, scoring 12 goals in the Premiership as the club's top league scorer.

It's not all been smooth sailing though. Understanding some of the accents around him in the dressing room was tough.

"The worst [to understand]? Now, they try to make the accent less strong... but [Blair] Spittal, [Lawrence] Shankland, James Penrice," Braga revealed.

"When I came, [Penrice] was talking to three or four guys from Glasgow and I thought 'That's not English, for sure.'

"The Scottish guys accept the ones who don't understand. They welcome us really well. Everybody has been so nice and you have a lot of funny guys - maybe too funny. It's a great locker room."

The 26-year-old was also full of praise for manager Derek McInnes, who has led Hearts to an unlikely title charge.

"[Derek] is good," Braga said. "When he talks, everybody listens. He can be a serious guy, but say crazy jokes out of nowhere.

"He's helped me a lot in my performances and he helps a lot of other players in our team. We get energy and fight for each other like a family."