Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov has revealed that the club will vote against Rangers being accepted into the Scottish Premier League.
A host of clubs in the top flight are due to come to a conclusion on the Gers' future in a vote on July 4 following the Glasgow-based outfit's drop into a newco company after the HM Revenue and Customs denied Charles Green's company voluntary arrangement.
"It had to happen sooner or later," Romanov told the club's official website. "Victories were achieved not by sporting merits, but through slander, conspiracies amongst players and their poaching via third parties, unfair pressuring of referees, who in themselves are as valuable to the fabric of football as the football stars themselves.
"All of this brought hollow victories and destroyed football. There is a saying about digging a grave for someone - you get it for yourself. Without these people football will become cleaner and stronger.
"Supporters deserved a new beginning and have to accept the fact that their club has to start from the lower league, keeping order in the SPL and without creating unfair competition with other clubs."
Meanwhile, Rangers have denied that they intend to buy out Bury in order to claim a spot in League One.
Danielle Joynson
