Kris Boyd tips Hearts as title challengers in waiting with Tony Bloom set to transform Jambos

Kris Boyd reckons Hearts' new investment from Tony Bloom could make them genuine title challengers in the Scottish Premiership.

The former Kilmarnock and Rangers striker says a few years ago the financial gulf would have ruled out any non-Old Firm title chasers but with Bloom's Jamestown Analytics set to become an integral part of the Tynecastle side, he now reckons they’ll be contenders at the top of the table. Brighton, the side Bloom owns in England, are often praised for their shrewd recruitment and the Jambos are set to benefit from having access to their secret analytics models and statistical tools.

Boyd notes that Bloom is an investor and minority shareholder in Belgian First Division A outfit Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, and has transferred them into a title contender in their league. Neil Critchley's side are currently second bottom of the top flight, leading to a rather bemused Gordon Strachan needing some clarity from Boyd.

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Speaking on The Warm-up Unfiltered, Boys said: “If you'd have said to me a few years ago, I'd have said no, because I thought the financial gulf was too big. But I now look at what's going on at Hearts, and I genuinely believe there could be.

“You know, you only need to take a quick glimpse of what happened and what's happening in Belgium right now with, you know, a similar set-up. And I would imagine in the next few months, that's exactly what will happen at Tynecastle.

"So, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion or a certainty, but there will be more.

This led to Strachan asking the former striker: "But what's going on at hearts that I've missed?" with Boyd replying, "No, it could happen."

“I thought there was something happening at Hearts that I've missed!” Strachan finished with.