KRIS BOYD reckons Celtic and Rangers should be worried about Hearts’ potential link-up with Brighton owner Tony Bloom.
A deal for the Jambos to adopt Bloom’s Starlizard sports analysis software is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
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The software has already helped establish the Seagulls as a Premier League force as well as transform Union St-Gilloise’s fortunes in Belgium.
And SunSport columnist Boyd told Sky Sports that he believes it could have a similar impact at the Tynecastle club.
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He said: “It’s an interesting one for Scottish football.
“A lot of people will look to Tony Bloom and straight away go to Brighton and look at the recruitment there.
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“Listen, you can’t look at Hearts and say they’re going to be on the same page in terms of recruitment with Brighton.
“But where you can look is Union St-Gilloise in Belgium and their rise under Tony Bloom and other people connected with the football club there, they’ve come up and caused problems to the big ones.
“If I was Rangers or Celtic I would be worried about this appointment.
“It’s easy to turn around and a lot of people just say: ‘Oh we’ll go and throw loads of money at it’, but Tony Bloom is a shrewd, shrewd man.
“You look at the job he’s doing at Brighton, you look at the influence he’s obviously had at Union St-Gilloise and if I’m Hearts, I’m biting their hand off for this.
“The recruitment side of it could be a lot better, but Hearts are an attractive club, they can get in players that can go and challenge Rangers or Celtic.
“There’s potential at Hearts to go and challenge Rangers or Celtic, you only need to look at the recruitment from the two clubs that Tony Bloom is already involved in.
“This could be a big thing for Scottish football.”
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