The frustration of lacking out on the Europa League group stage and the £5million cheque to go together with it is going to nonetheless be lingering round Tynecastle after their defeat to Zurich. However when the Jambos employees and punters take a look at their potential Convention League opponents then they'll quickly be buzzing once more in anticipation of the group stage of UEFA's third tier competitors.
When groups drop into the Europa League from the highest competitors they usually land attracts that has them saying 'That is a Champions League group in all however identify'. And it is the identical with the Convention League. Actually, a scan of who's within the Convention League attract Istanbul and you would say many are Champions League class.
Take prime seeds Villarreal, for instance, who reached the final 4 of the premier competitors final season the place they misplaced to eventual runners-up Liverpool. After which there may be the prospect of a Battle of Britain conflict with David Moyes and his West Ham United facet plus Italian giants Fiorentina who're in Pot 2.
This is a full record of who Hearts might face when the draw takes place at 1.30pm.
Pot 1 - Villarreal, Basel, Slavia Prague, AZ Alkmaar, Gent, Istanbul Basaksehir, Partizan Belgrade, West Ham United
Pot 2 - CFR Cluj, Molde, FCSB, Fiorentina, Cologne, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Apollon Limassol, Slovan Bratislava
Pot 3 - Good, Anderlecht, Zalgiris Vilnius, Austria Vienna, HEARTS , Shamrock Rovers, Sivasspor, Vaduz
Pot 4 - Dnipro, Lech Poznan, Slovacko, Silkeborg, Djurgarden, Pyunik, RFS, Ballkani
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