Hearts are planning again to go cap in hand to supporters to help plug a £2.5m shortfall for next season but Sergejus Fedotovas, the club director, says Gary Locke has been assured he will have one of the largest budgets in the top flight in an attempt to put the team back on the European stage.
Edgaras Jankauskas, the Hearts assistant manager, is to leave the club along with Julija Goncaruk, the owner Vladimir Romanov's niece, who has resigned from her role as non-executive director.
THOSE hoping for fresh drama in the Hearts story are likely to be sorely disappointed by what happens at this morning's meeting of the Scottish Premier League board at Hampden.
Hearts have avoided instant relegation after the Scottish Premier League board decided the financial problems of their majority shareholder had not breached its rules before the end of the season.
THE Scottish Premier League was last night taking legal advice following news that Ukio Banko Investicine Grupe (UGIB), Hearts' parent company, had declared itself insolvent.