Vargas claimed he was ready to leave Hearts in January for a higher level after criticising the standard of Scottish football
Kenneth Vargas has apologised to his Hearts team mates for his scathing attack on Scottish football writes Fraser Wilson in Brugge.
Vargas is in line to start in Belgium and Critchley said: “Yes, I spoke to him on Sunday. We had a good conversation. Hearts are two points better off than the Belgians having won two and lost one of their games so far. And Critchley knows they are on the verge of achieving something special with a win on Thursday night all but securing a minimum play-off spot for the last 16. Over 3000 Jambos are in Brugge. And the manager admits he was a little envious as he saw them partying on the way out of Edinburgh.
“Sometimes you look over and, we say it as a staff, it must be brilliant to follow your club in Europe and go away with your family and friends and enjoy yourself. We have to concentrate on the football but sometimes we think you won't mind being in that yourself.” “We don't speak about that, I don't speak about that, because our focus is just on how to prepare for this game and how do we take to the pitch tomorrow night with a plan and implement that as best as we can to give ourselves the best chance of picking up the points that we need.
Hearts have no fresh injury concerns after the weekend defeat to Celtic. And Critchley is expecting a tough test from the Belgians despite their lowly league position in domestic football.
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