Morton have hit back at claims they complained to the Scottish FA about Hearts' early return to training.
Ex Tynecastle boss Craig Levein said on Monday night's BBC Sportsound programme that he'd been told two clubs – Morton and Raith Rovers – had gone to the SFA to complain that Hearts had an 'unfair advantage' over their Championship rivals.
However Morton deny this is the case, and say the only contact they've had with the governing body was to ask if they could return to training.
In a statement they added: "As a club we can categorically state that no such complaint was ever dispatched from us to the SFA with respect to Heart of Midlothian FC on this matter.
"Equally, the only recent contact between Morton and the SFA has been a request to return to full training which was compliant with current rules and guidelines.
"The club, as a consequence, has complained to BBC Scotland clearly stating our position and requesting that the broadcaster addresses this issue as a matter of course."
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Levein's comments came after the Jambos were ordered to stop training by the Scottish Football Joint Response Group in the wake of lockdown breaches by Aberdeen and Celtic players.
He told Sportsound: "It’s another case of people thinking they can do what they like and hand out sanctions willy-nilly.
“Ian Maxwell mentioned the word fairness. Hearts were allowed to train and were doing everything that they possibly could to follow the guidance.
“I didn’t realise that a couple of teams had actually complained to the SFA that Hearts had had an unfair advantage because they were training.
"I believe it was Morton and Raith. Those teams also had the opportunity to start training two weeks ago, but they didn’t want to.
“What they wanted to do was keep their players on furlough because they wouldn’t spend money. How can this be fair? How can it possibly be fair that they’ve stopped Hearts training when they’re doing everything correctly?”
