Hearts next manager search latest as Andrew McKinlay reveals how Starlizard will help identify the right man

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Tony Bloom's Starlizard algorithm WON'T pick Hearts' new manager for them, but will rank the candidates to inform the board's decision.Tynecastle CEO Andrew McKinlay has set out how the recruitment process to identify Steven Naismith's successor will work.

While he is remaining tight-lipped over the individuals and company involved, it can be taken as read that Brighton owner Bloom, who is in talks over £10million investment into the Jambos, is allowing the capital club access to the tech that's seen Brighton repeatedly nail their player and manager recruitment and reap the financial rewards to the tune of hundreds of millions.But fans expecting Bloom's Jamestown Analytics to crunch the numbers and spit out the perfect boss for the Hearts board to appoint have been warned that's not how it's going to work.

Brighton's approach has been to identify names that would fly under the radar of most English Premier League clubs, and that could well be replicated in Gorgie.But McKinlay has stressed that they won't be ignoring applications already made - some several weeks ago while Naismith was still in the hot seat - or names on their own list.

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes has been widely hailed as an ideal fit, and suitability budget etc will all be taken into account, with the Starlizard rankings helping inform any decision rather than making it for McKinlay and co."Where we are now is that we’ve had our own lists and we’re also working with an analytics company," he said. "I can’t really say too much about who that company is, there has been a lot of press reporting recently but for commercial confidentiality reasons I can’t go into too much detail, but we are working with an analytics company."Now, what does that mean?