CSABA LASZLO hopes to identify fresh talent from a familiar source next week by attending FBK Kaunas' Champions League qualifier against Rangers to unearth potential new players for Hearts.
Several members of the Tynecastle squad are already on loan from the Lithuanian club, which, like Hearts, is financed by Vladimir Romanov's Ukio Bankas Investment Group. Laszlo will investigate the possibility of bringing more Kaunas players to Edinb
urgh by watching them at Ibrox next week.
He explained that any decision will be taken in tandem with Romanov, but ultimately believes that Kaunas progressing in European competition should only be viewed positively by Hearts. "I give my proposals and in the next two or three days I think we will have success and we can present two or maybe three players," said the manager when questioned on new signings.
"I would like to see Kaunas against Rangers and if it's possible and we see they have a very good player, maybe we can bring him to Hearts. This is the philosophy we have. If we see in a game a player who is possible to transfer to Hearts, we do it. We want to be back in the UEFA Cup so we must do everything possible.
"We are making big progress. I want to play successful football. The owner is always satisfied if his team wins and Kaunas are in the next round of the Champions League qualifiers, so congratulations to them. I hope they can be successful against Rangers, this is good for us. A lot of people talk about Mr Romanov but we decide together. We will sit together and hopefully soon we will have a result to present to everybody. It's important to bring a young, hungry player who is not so satisfied and will play to become better. This is the type of player I need at the club, not someone who wants to come to Hearts to finish his career.
"If Mr Romanov has an idea, he calls me. Even the other day he told me, 'this is my idea. Come, we'll sit together and discuss it'. This is fantastic. At the moment the relationship is very like family, we have a very good harmony even in the technical team. We won't go behind anybody and we won't talk badly about anybody. If we have a problem, we will discuss it together and after everybody can smile.
"This is maybe my most important job, to keep this attitude from everybody."
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