Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo will consider his future at Tynecastle as soon as he discovers the level of financial support the club offers him during the January transfer window.

At the start of the season Laszlo claimed he was stalling on discussing the possibility of a contract extension from club owner Vladimir Romanov.

Romanov subsequently hit back, saying Laszlo had failed to identify signing candidates of the quality required to improve the team.

Hearts have made an indifferent start to the season and sit ninth in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League after nine games and Laszlo is looking for some investment.

"This will be the answer for me in what direction the club wants to go," Laszlo, who lost 12 players in the summer, told BBC Scotland.

"I would like to see something, I would like to see progress.

"I want to stay for a long time but I want to see behind me people working hard and helping me achieve something.

"It's not good for a manager to bring through players and then see them go on to other clubs," said Laszlo, who will have 18 months of his contract to run come January.

"The tools for success are the players and if you don't have the quality you win nothing.

"I don't like to talk negatively about the situation but, in the long term, every manager would like to be better than ninth in the league, he would like to win things.

"This is not against anyone, this is normal. If this is not in your blood, it's not okay."