New Hearts defender Shay Logan has brushed off speculation his Aberdeen exit has anything to do with Scott Brown's impending arrival at Pittodrie.
The right-back has signed on loan for the final five games of the Championship season with Robbie Neilson's table-toppers needing just five points to clinch a return to the top flight at the first time of asking and could yet win a permanent deal in Gorgie beyond the summer.
Some observers joined the dots between that transfer and Celtic hero Brown signing a deal to head to the Granite City at the end of the season as a player coach.
It stems from Brown's defence of then team-mate Aleksandar Tonev back in 2014 when the Bulgarian was banned for seven matches for racially abusing Logan during a game in Glasgow's east end.
But asked if there was any animosity remaining between him and the Parkhead captain, Logan laughed: "No. On the pitch you have stuff with all sorts of players.
"It's not that we didn't get on - he played for Celtic, I played for Aberdeen, there was rivalry on the pitch. He wanted to win, I wanted to win.
"In terms of that, I've had fights like that with people on the pitch for the last eight years.
"I've got no personal vendetta against Scott Brown. I don't think he's got one against me.
"Him coming to Aberdeen has nothing to do with me leaving - my contract is up.
"Am I his mate? No. Do I know him? No. Do I hear he's a good guy? Yeah.
"But I only judge people off what I've seen and come across. We've had a little bit of argy bargy on the pitch, and for me that's where it stays.
"Anything else to do with other stuff, where people might be saying about him backing Tonev with all the racism stuff, I've left all of that in the past.
"It's so far gone that I only ever think about it if someone brings it up."
