Robbie Neilson has revealed he won't have a set starting team at Hearts this season due to the number of games facing the capital club in the upcoming campaign.
The Tynecastle side will be juggling domestic matters with European football with a guarantee of eight games on the big stage. The Jambos enter the Europa League play-off round following a third place finish in the Premiership behind Celtic and Rangers and their involvement in the Scottish Cup Final. That leaves the Gorgie side just potentially 180 minutes away from the group stages of the competition.
But should they suffer defeat in the two-legged tie they will drop into the Europa Conference League group stages and play a minimum of six games in their section. Hearts face 26 games before the World Cup break and due to the high volume, Neilson sees little point in trying to set on an XI. Players will be in and out of the team with the key goal in pre-season to get the whole squad as fit as possible.
