Article: Unsettled Copil is told to stay away by Hearts

Fear over Copil pay

HEARTS have ordered Dumitru Copil to stay away from Riccarton until pre-season training begins, fearful that the AWOL Romanian only wants to return to ensure he gets paid.

The club are adopting a hard-line approach after the Evening News revealed last month that the wayward teenager was preparing to fly back to Edinburgh and apologise to senior coaching staff. He has been living at his family home in Arad, western Romania, without Hearts' permission since March after complaining of homesickness and frustration at a lack of first-team opportunities.

Tynecastle officials remain concerned that Copil's rethink is borne out of financial reasons and have told him to stay ...

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