EDINBURGH, Oct 29 (SW) – The Current chairman of Hearts, Vladimir Romanov has been criticized by former chairman George Foulkes.

Romanov had declared that players would be sold if Hearts did not win their game against Dunfermline and the players responded to this by releasing a statement saying, "morale understandably is not good and there is significant unrest in the dressing-room."

"When Romanov became the majority shareholder, he thought he knew best and the over the last year he has been interfering more and more," said Foulkes.

He continued, "Romanov is a bit like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The people around him are all yes men or yes women. That is the difficulty.

"He used to be a submarine commander. He thinks he can run a football club as a soviet submarine. He has certainly put a lot of money in and shown a lot of interest. But he not shown a lot of sense or statesmanship."

Hearts drew 1-1 with Dunfermiline on Saturday.