Allan Preston, Ryan Stevenson and Tom English didn’t hang around long after the final whistle to get the ball rolling with the fabricated allegations of Celtic fans assaulting Hearts players. Five days later the evidence remains elusive.
Last summer £2-3m would probably have bought Shankland from Hearts, instead The Brains Behind Gerrard opted to throw away the best part of £15m on Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and Danilo.