Peter Haring believes Hearts should be in the Europa League and says the target needs to be reaching the competition regularly.
The Jambos face a massive night under the lights at Tynecastle this coming Thursday night as they big to reach the group stage of the competition. The clash is set up to be a blockbuster in the capital with Swiss champions FC Zurich coming to Edinburgh with a slender 2-1 advantage from last week's first meeting.
Outside of Celtic and Rangers, clubs in Scotland have struggled to make a real mark on the Europa League with none of the other sides reaching the tournament proper since it was revamped from the old UEFA Cup 12 years ago. Robbie Neilson's men now stand potentially just 90 minutes away from ending that rot in front of a packed out sell-out crowd. The Jambos know they are guaranteed group stage football in some capacity with the Europa Conference League fall back secured, but Haring says playing in the Europa League was the 'big target' when he signed for the club.
