Robbie Neilson insists Hearts can shackle star-studded Istanbul Basaksehir and Fiorentina - even if they have to put four players on Mesut Ozil.
The Jambos will face the Turkish and Italian big guns as well as Latvian champions RFS in the Europa Conference League after Friday's draw brought them together in Group A. Former Arsenal and Germany superstar Ozil is just one of a stack of big names heading to Tynecastle alongside his Istanbul team mate Nacer Chadli and Fiorentina trio Luka Jovic, Cristiano Biraghi and Giacomo Bonaventura.
And while a Europa League play-off defeat to FC Zurich on Thursday saw Hearts fall into the third tier competition and left fans deflated, Neilson insists trips to Florence and Turkey will soon pick them up. Asked who he’ll task with stopping Ozil the Jambos boss - who is close to signing midfielder Orestis Kiomourtzoglou from Dutch second division side Heracles Almelo - joked: "I'll need to pick about four of them I think!
