Hearts owner Vladimir Romonov has described Scottish football as a soap opera and hinted that he is no longer prepared to bankroll the Edinburgh club.
With wages unpaid at Tynecastle and no sign of the grounds improvements promised by the wealthy Lithuanian the future looks bleak for Hearts.
Speaking to the club website Romanov said: “The media describes the current situation at Hearts as a soap opera. In reality, the soap opera, or to give it a more apt name, show business, is the whole of Scottish football, where lead roles are played by the teams from Glasgow, the national association, league, media, referees and the teams who agree to participate in this show.
“The game against Kilmarnock was another show. Following on from the investigation of Paulo Sergio for legitimate comments he has made, it simply shows how the media is running, or should that be ruining, Scottish football.
“We also spend a lot of money but didn’t manage to see any football in these six years. We watch football degrading in its homeland. There are practically no high-quality Scottish players left, Scottish clubs don’t play in Europe and the national team doesn’t manage to get into the finals of international championships. Additionally, Scottish football ranks alongside Armenia, Panama and Burkina Faso.
“Entrepreneurs and various large businesses turned their backs on that sort of football and left this national heritage to the mercy of its own fate. That sort of outrage from the media, federation and tax authorities kills everyone who is trying to change this situation including ourselves who are ready to invest in Scotland once again with stadium plans.
“And no one is interested in what’s going on. This is why I think that there is no point is spending millions to watch someone else’s show.”
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The man makes some very good points, Only thing I can really disagree with is that the game is being run not for the Glasgow clubs but to suit Rearangers. The SFA have been bias towards Rearangers for years and the time is fast approaching to pay the piper. Stewart Regen has got a job on his hands or his he part of the problem.
Flats, Flats, Glorious Flats!
Never felt closer to chucking it as I am now! I fear Rangers being let off the hook by those who will ultimately decide their fate and I include our club in that and should that fear be realised I’ll be finished with football!
If Rangers get away with this cheating then our club should leave Scottish football to rot, I would rather see us in the welsh or republic of ireland league than continue to be a part of this farce.
This man has mega money and yet Hearts players have not been paid. It’s about time that vermin like romanov be hounded out of Scottish Football