Hearts management must have hot ears with so many players willing to slag them off when they have left the club.

The regime at Tynecastle is not going to win 'Investors in People' any day soon according to players who have left the club. The latest to have their say is midfielder Julien Brellier - said to be attracting interest from Rangers - who left Tynecastle last month after a turbulent two-year spell when he was often sidelined. Brellier backed the October statement delivered by then captain Steven Pressley - flanked by Craig Gordon and Paul Hartley - which criticised the way the club was being run under majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov. Pressley and Hartley soon joined Celtic while Gordon was dropped for a spell despite being made captain.

Brellier said: "I was 100% behind them. I didn't know they were going to do it but, if they wanted me, I would have stood beside them to make that statement. They were right in what they said and they did the right thing. After that, a lot of things changed. We lost two very important players, one of them who was the most important figure at the club. I think Craig suffered too. It affected him a little and wasn't good for him. The way Hearts treat a lot of players and manage the club is not good. Mr Romanov wasn't even there a lot last season, maybe only three or four times. He pays all the players so they must do what he wants, but he must not be a dictator."

Brellier did not have much to say in the way of praise for sporting director Alex Koslovski who he described as "strange". He went on: "When we spoke about my contract he was very arrogant and I didn't like it. Alex said to me I wasn't worth more money. He told me that at the beginning of the season, then two weeks later he came back to tell me something else. After our second meeting I said I wanted to stop talking with him. That was in January. I didn't want to speak with them and they didn't want to speak with me, and that's how it went from then on. When I left (head coach) Anatoly Korobochka said publicly that Hearts offered me a good contract. That's a joke."

Currently on holiday, Brellier wants to take his time to consider his future, including any offers from Rangers. He said: "My agent has spoken with Rangers so it is possible. I have some good opportunities but I want to take my time to make the right decision. I told my agent I will not speak about my future until the end of my holiday this week."
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