Jim Jefferies: 'My heart is at Tynecastle

JIM Jefferies says his heart will always be at Tynecastle and would prefer to stay rather than to up sticks for a mooted groundshare plan with Edinburgh Rugby at a 25,000-capacity stadium in the west of the capital.

Murray Estates wants to build a massive multi-use sports stadium on green belt land as part of a massive 1 billion venture currently being planned for 'Edinburgh's Garden District' - a 600-acre site between Edinburgh Park and the headquarters of RBS.

But Hearts' priority is the 15m redevelopment of their main stand, even if progress has been slow on this front.

The manager said: "A great place with the new stands behind the goals. Even visiting teams say the atmosphere is fantastic. The plan is to redevelop the main stand and until that is not an issue, anything else is hypothetical.

"I can see the advantages of trying to build a main stand. Tynecastle's our home and if we can get a new development there the stadium will look great.

"So why move if it turns out to be a great stadium? We're three-quarters of the way to doing it."