Hearts' £8m compensation demand is below what the relegated Jambos could potentially recoup. It comes after they and Partick Thistle lodged joint papers at Edinburgh’s Court of Session with the Jags looking for £2m after their own demotion to League One.
The alliance between the pair is set to lead to a unprecedented legal dispute with our game poised to be caught up in red tape ahead of the proposed Premiership return date of August 1.
The recriminations appear unlikely to ease anytime soon after Dundee United, Raith Rovers and Cove Rangers teamed up in a legal counter move of their own against the M8 alliance.
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