New Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo ignored the sacking record of the club's majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov to vow to stay in Gorgie for "six years".

The 44-year-old signed a three-year contract and was unveiled at Tynecastle on Friday afternoon.

The Edinburgh club had earlier received permission to speak to Laszlo from the Ugandan FA, where the former Ferencvaros manager worked as national team coach.

Romanov has a history of hiring and firing bosses since he effectively took over the club in 2005, with Laszlo being the eighth man to take over the Tynecastle hot seat in that time.

However, when asked how long he felt he would last under the erratic Romanov, Laszlo replied: "I would like to be here for six years. Why not?

"I want to stay as long as possible.

"I would like to see a new stadium up and work in the new academy.

"I don't want to leave here after two months or three years.

"I have a contract for three years and after that I hope I can sit down with Mr Romanov and renew this contract.

"I would like to have success and stay here a very long time with the club owner."

Romanov also has a record of interfering in team selections at Tynecastle but Laszlo, becoming increasingly irritated by the focus on the club's owner, shied away from the topic, saying:

"I don't think about it. He hasn't asked me (to pick one player over another).

"There are coaches and technical staff here and we will all work together.

"So I don't think it is necessary to talk about this.

"We have no problem with each other.

"If Mr Romanov, me and the technical team work together then we can have success.

"The most important thing is to talk. We are a team and teamwork can help you."

Laszlo insists he is following a life-long dream to coach in Scotland.

"This is my destiny and I look forward to it," he said.

"It's nice to be here and it was time to come back to daily work after working with Uganda.

"When I was a small child, I watched English, Scottish and German football and I have watched the SPL every week in recent years.

"It is a small dream to come here and the most important thing is that my heart is with Hearts.

"I had other clubs interested but I did not come for the money.

"If I was chasing money I could have gone to the Emirates.

"But I like the history of the club, the success it has had in the past and Mr Romanov's vision for the future."

While Laszlo reiterated his desire for success at Hearts, the new Jambos boss was reticent about quantifying exactly how that success could be measured, saying: "We just want to score one more goal than our opponents."

Laszlo will name his assistant next week but a Scotsman is unlikely to be appointed on to the coaching staff.

"I don't just look at local coaches," he said.

"We are in the European union and we don't have borders.

"For instance, in the Bundesliga there are four or five coaches from outside Germany.

"We can all learn from each other and the most important thing is that we understand each other."

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