Scottish football has been dominated by Rangers and Celtic for decades, but could another club rise to break the Old Firm stronghold? Kris Boyd believes Hearts may be the team with the best chance to challenge the giants and disrupt the league’s status quo.

Boyd explained his reasoning, drawing comparisons to Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium:

  “I look at what’s going on at Hearts, and I genuinely believe there could be [a chance], you only need to take a quick glimpse at what’s happening in Belgium at what’s happening with a similar set-up with Tony Bloom’s analytical company going in at Union St. Gilloise.

There’s similar traits when you look at Belgium. When you take the big ones of Club Brugge and Anderlecht, you could argue they’re like Rangers and Celtic, Union have been able to come through and challenge.”

As Bloom’s analytical approach propelled Union Saint-Gilloise to compete against Belgian heavyweights, Boyd sees potential for Hearts to do something similar.

The question remains: could this be the dawn of a new era in Scottish football, where a team outside the Old Firm lifts the title? Time will tell.