Craig Levein throughout his career.With his attitude, professionalism and outlook on the game.So when it came to selecting a manager for Hearts in 2014, he was firmly in Levein’s thoughts.Then Neilson uttered the words that were music to the new Tynecastle director of football’s ears.No days off.For that hardline idea from the 33-year-old reminded Levein that no less a figure than managerial genius Sir Alex Ferguson swore by similar rules.And he was confident it could work with a Hearts group that was youthful by necessity as a consequence of the administration meltdown a year earlier.The hour-long conversation over a coffee in Bridge Of Allan secured Neilson a step up from the Tynecastle academy as Under-20s manager to the main.
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