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LAZLO TO SUE HEARTS

Csaba Laszlo is ready to take legal action against Hearts.

Friday February 5,2010

By Scott Burns

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SACKED Csaba Laszlo is ready to take legal action against Hearts.

The former Tynecastle boss was bulleted last week but has still to be offered a settlement over the remaining five months of his contract.

Laszlo, below, claims he is due more than £100,000 and has been informed he could have a case for unfair dismissal against the Gorgie club.

It’s understood the Hungarian kept a log of events, including interference in team selections from the Tynecastle hierarchy, during his time at Hearts and is ready to use it.

Laszlo, 45, believes he was being forced out, and that was the reason the club failed to secure his transfer targets Izale McLeod from Charlton and Plymouth’s Steven MacLean, who has since joined Aberdeen.

Jose Goncalves was the man who brought Laszlo’s reign to an end. Laszlo included Goncalves in his squad for the match at St Johnstone on January 30 and was ready to defy an alleged order from the Tynecastle top brass not to play the Portuguese ace.

He says they did not want Goncalves to play for the club again because he had knocked back a new contract, and having gone against their instructions on the Friday before the game, Laszlo was fired.

New Hearts manager Jim Jefferies has since backed the club’s stance over Goncalves.