Robbie Neilson has revealed he has spoken to Celtic and Rangers about recent European experiences as he gets set to take his Hearts side to Switzerland.
The Jambos kick off their European adventure this week, with a guaranteed eight games between now and Christmas. FC Zurich are the opponents who stand in the way of the capital club reaching the Europa League group stages, with the back up guarantee of the Europa Conference League proper already in the bag. In previous times, clubs would fly over and train at the stadium of the opposition and take on media duties. But that can have consequences on the schedule ahead of a big game. So after speaking to the Old Firm clubs, Hearts will train at Riccarton before jetting out for Thursday's first league meeting.
Neilson says it is more a physical than tactical call as he opened up on coming to the decision. He told Edinburgh Evening News: “I spoke to a couple of guys at the Old Firm teams about their experiences of these European games. Previously, what has always been done is that you would fly over, train at the stadium and do media.
