Mehdi Taouil: I have no regrets over Hearts move

Dec 21 2011 By Alan Marshall

HEARTS' Mehdi Taouil has slammed suggestions from Kilmarnock chairman Michael Johnston that he might be regretting his move to the troubled Tynecastle outfit.

Earlier this month, Johnston made a thinly-veiled swipe at the playmaker and defender Jamie Hamill over their summer switch from Rugby Park to Hearts.

Johnston said: "Mehdi Taouil, Jamie Hamill and Frazer Wright declined offers of new contracts on improved terms to join other SPL clubs.

"A t least two of them might be questioning the wisdom of that."

Taouil and Hamill have been affected by the wages saga that has seen the majority of the first team squad's go unpaid, or earnings arriving late, for three straight months.

But Moroccan Taouil insists he does not rue his move to Edinburgh.

He said: "I don't have any regrets about coming to Hearts. It's a big club and I read my former chairman saying how me and Jamie Hamill must be regretting our decision.

"But, not for one second, do I regret coming here. There can be problems off the pitch sometimes, sometimes on the pitch.

"I'm confident it will all be back to normal soon."

Taken from the Daily Record