Romanov’s lie detectors are no joke
When the Hearts owner said earlier this week that he had introduced lie-detectors, his remarks were interpreted by some as being in jest. Last night, however, Romanov insisted he was in earnest. “For a number of years I have used such tests, and in different forms,” he said.
He added that he remained suspicious about some results he had seen in Scottish football, including a heavy home defeat for Hearts in March 2007. “It was evident that such defeats as 0-4 to Dundee United, and other teams of the same kind, are not based on honest sporting principles,” he said. “That makes me keep thinking how to protect the club from behind-the-scenes manipulations by shadow dealers.
“Those people are so powerful that players cannot get out of the paws of mafia on their own.”