Laszlo told no cash for striker

Last updated : 27 August 2009 By hearts-mad newsroom
The Romanian hinted last week that he might not sign a new contract because of his frustration at not being given funds to improve his squad.

But the manager said on Wednesday: "We won't get any more players. "We must play with the people that we have and we must introduce more and more young players in the team."

Two of Hearts' younger players, striker Calum Elliot and the versatile Eggert Jonsson, were this week ruled out for more than a month through injury.

Two 18-year-olds - Craig Thompson and Gordon Smith - will be their replacements in the squad for Thursday night's Europa League play-off round second leg against Dinamo Zagreb.

But Laszlo insists he is now happy to work under those restrictions - as long as he is given the time to nurture this talent into Hearts' next star names. I don't know if we will be second, third, eighth, ninth or 10th Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo

"If the club decides this, I also accept it," he said. "I don't have any problem with it. "If the club give me the time, I am happy to do this.

If the club don't give me the time, I can't do anything. "The club have told me 'this is what we want' and I hope the club give me the time to finish my work with these young people. "I don't have any problem if we are together. But I don't like this. You work, you work, you work and afterwards maybe some results are not okay."

Laszlo insisted his targets for the season - a top-six finish in the Scottish Premier League and two good cup runs - remain the same. But he warned Hearts, who finished third last season, could end up as low as 10th with the players he has at his disposal. "I know what it is to work with a young team," he said. "You have a lot of up and down, up and down, you don't have the stability. "I don't know if we will be second, third, eighth, ninth or 10th. Our target at the moment is to come within the best six."