Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald has described the Vladimir Romanov reign as 'mental'.
The Russian-born Lithuanian businessman has seen the Edinburgh club fall into administration following eight years at Tynecastle and MacDonald has survived to tell the tale of his nightmarish control.
"If you look back to the start of Romanov's reign that's where most of the damage was done," he told the Daily Record.
"The odd time he'd come in for meetings and do a little speech through his interpreter. Some of the meetings were mental to say the least, with threats and what not, especially in the early days.
"That was just his character. You don't know if it was just a psychological thing to put in a fear factor. It's a different culture over in Lithuania."
He added: "Did I see this coming? Probably, yeah. The last three years especially there have been numerous times when we've gone without getting paid for a couple of months at a time.
"You kind of realise administration is probably inevitable but at the same time you think it's going to be all right.
"For some reason we managed to be okay in the past but this time it has come to a head. But at least everyone knows what is happening now."
