Ann: Jambos will deal with dreaded drop if it happens
HEARTS owner Ann Budge has insisted the Jambos will deal with relegation if it comes but is holding out hope the SPFL proposal will be defeated today.
The Tynecastle chief executive has already confirmed they will vote against the resolution, which would see them finish bottom of the top flight if the remaining fixtures cannot be fulfilled.
Budge acknowledges the club is at the mercy of their on-field rivals but after a phone round of teams in the Premiership she believes Hearts will be saved.
She has vowed to take legal action to fight any ruling that demotes her club with eight games still to play.
But the businesswoman, who has been stung by criticism of her attempts to agree wage cuts with players and staff, appears to be softening her stance after claiming they will “deal with relegation” if that is what is agreed by others.
Budge said: “I’ve talked to a number of clubs in the Premiership and a number of clubs in the Championship; I haven’t talked to League One and League Two clubs because I haven’t got the ready contacts, if you like. And I don’t believe this will be supported.
“We are where we are, in the league. If we argue everything through and everything is talked about, and basically that is what the community of football clubs believe is right, I’m not going to fight it to the death.
“How is that going to end? So, if we have to deal with relegation, we’ll deal with relegation.”
She added on Sky Sports: “But I do keep coming back to the point of ‘who is it going to benefit?’.”