The former Ferencvaros coach, who took the reins just ten days ago, insisted that he has inherited a group of players who currently have no shape and no idea of what they're supposed to be doing in terms of tactics and formation.

Laszlo admitted his side has some way to go before it becomes the finished article and that the first thing he has to do is work out exactly which shape suits his team best – and ensure his players are well versed on exactly what role they will be playing when the SPL season begins in under three weeks. The Jambos played for much of last season with just one striker up front, a tactic which both frustrated supporters and saw the Tynecastle outfit win just 13 of their 38 league games in the last campaign.

Laszlo tried that very tactic out in the first half of last week's friendly match with Dunfermline, playing young Gary Glen in a lone role in the opening 45 minutes, but switched it around at half-time and admitted he is unlikely to adopt the same formation when the season kicks off.

And the 44-year-old, who played as a central midfielder himself, also revealed that before the domestic season gets underway at the beginning on August 9, he is keen to add some experience in the middle of the park to maximise the ammunition for his favoured two-pronged attack.

Hearts will take on Rheingau-Auswahl, Kaiserslautern and SV Wehen Weisbaden whilst in Germany and Laszlo, who has seen his side draw with Glentoran and lose to Dunfermline in two friendly matches so far, said: "We must go to Germany and work hard, work on our tactics.

"At the moment, the team doesn't have a style and is absolutely confused.

"We need two strikers. Last season, the team played with one striker most of the time. We did that in the first half against Dunfermline and it was no good.

"At the moment, we don't really have a striker who can hold the ball up and that means there is no danger coming from the midfield.

"The quality is there but we don't have a player with experience, especially in the middle of the park. We gave a few players from the Academy a chance to show their talent against Dunfermline.

"The players understand me and they know exactly what I need in every position."

While keen to add experience to the squad, Laszlo also conceded that he will have to make a concerted effort to reduce the overall size of the player pool at Tynecastle and added: "We must look to reduce the squad.

"At the moment, we have a lot of young players and, in two or three positions, we don't have a lot of experience. We have to look to bring in some more experience. This is my target and I know we can change this very quickly.

"We now have ten days in Germany and in that time we must do our best to give our team a style. Everything is ready."

While they missed out on a place in Europe last season, Laszlo is convinced he can steer Hearts back into contention next term, although he admitted that a Champions League slot may be out of their reach for the time being.

However, if Hearts do secure European football of any variety in ten months time, then the campaign will have been a success for Laszlo, who added: "I am a team worker and at the moment I have a lot of people behind me.

"The most important thing is to bring the success back to this club and to play successful football. The most important thing for us is to get the club back into Europe, into the UEFA Cup or maybe even the Champions League but I don't want to say too much about the dream of playing in the Champions League.

"If we reach the UEFA Cup then I think that is the most important thing and then we can look to making the next step.

"We need a little bit more time, we are only in the preparation stage and the pre-season stage.

"At the moment, we have that time and afterwards we must make sure that we have a team for the field at the start of the season.

"If the improvement is there in pre-season, especially the first games, the results in Germany are not important to us.

"If we have a problem then we must find out about it, that is what pre-season is about, and in what position we have a problem. I would like to win our games in Germany, obviously, but there are other more important things.

"When we come back to Edinburgh in ten days time we must be fully ready for the start of the SPL season against Motherwell."

Laszlo has made a good first impression on both the club's players and supporters since his arrival from the Ugandan national team earlier this month.

His infectious enthusiasm is sure to rub off on his players and the staff around him both at Tynecastle and the Riccarton training academy

And he is determined to bring a passion for the game back to the stadium, after a disappointing season last time around led more often than not to jeers and howls of derision instead of the rousing atmosphere which Tynecastle can generate on match days.

He continued: "I think the most important thing is the fans and I want to bring the passion back to this club for them because they have suffered enough. We are not here to discuss the past but is very important that we learn from the past. The last year at the club has seen the fans suffering.

"We have a responsibility to give the fans something back and everyone will work very hard to do that.

"We like to bring everyone to the club, the media and the fans. We want to show that we are a serious club, a good club and that we are open and there for everybody.

"If the passion is back and the fans see that, then I am happy about this. I have been here only a few days but maybe in that time we have changed something and that we can stay here for a long time to bring the soul back to this club." And the former Uganda boss added that he will give his all to ensure that happens, continuing: "If I don't have a target for my job, if I don't believe in myself, then I think I must look for another job in an office, in front of a computer.

"I like my job and I will give one thousand per cent to the club.

"The most important thing is – and I say this every time – is the team. I feel that the team is behind me and I feel that the club is behind me and when I say that I do not just mean Mr Romanov.

"I feel that everyone is behind me and we discuss everything. I will do everything for success for this club. We are not here to damage this club, we are here to build up this club.

"If we do it step by step and build a little bit higher every time then we will get there.

"In Belfast we were not so good, but in the second half against Dunfermline we were a little bit better.

"We want to aim to get better every time that we play another game and we will be fully ready for the start of the new SPL campaign."