Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo has blasted Laryea Kingston after the midfielder turned out for Ghana against his wishes.
Hearts boss seething after midfielder plays for Ghana
Angry Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo has blasted Laryea Kingston for a lack of professionalism after the midfielder turned out for Ghana against his wishes.
Kingston has yet to appear for the SPL outfit this term due to a persistent knee injury, but played in Ghana's World Cup qualifying victory over Sudan on Sunday and then Wednesday night's friendly defeat to Japan.
It is the second time this year that Kingston, whose contract runs out in the summer, has defied Laszlo's wishes and played for Ghana after Hearts have declared him unfit.
The less-than-impressed Jambos boss will now discuss the 28-year-old's future with his board.
Very clearly
He told
The Scotsman: "We would like to handle the situation very clearly.
"If you are a professional player, your duty is to improve every day, to give 120 per cent in training, to be always better and better and better.
"If you only come in my dressing room to keep your fitness, you can always go. You can do this in an amateur team. The door is always open for you to go out."
Laszlo said he expected every player to work their hardest for the club.
"If you don't do this, you are not a professional sportsman, you are an amateur," he added.
Defend ourselves
"It's also our duty as a club to defend ourselves and tell everybody we are not here to pay wages, to help his fitness and then he would like not to do his job.
"What if you go to the office and tell your boss, 'okay, I am here, but I don't have any passion here'? My passion is to go in the afternoon and meet some friends. But give me the money and pay the wages'.
"You are an employee of the club. You get your performance for the national team from the club. I was myself a national coach (with Hungary and Uganda) and my duty was also to go always to the clubs to talk with the club managers and coaches.
"I always picked the players who were in the best form and not just names. To ignore the club at this level is very strange for me and also I think this is not okay.
"This club is not Larry Kingston - this club is Heart of Midlothian."
