At the outset of the podcast Levein said that when he left as a player, the club had a few players on ?1k per week, by the time he returned as manager they had 4 players on ?10k a week and is one of the reasons they ended up ?20 million in debt.

Dundee, United and Dunfermline all turned down advances from Romanov before he bought into Hearts. Foulkes played a huge part in getting Romanov into Hearts, but you wouldn't think it listening to him in the podcast.