Hearts administration: Lithuanian directors sacked HEARTS administrators BDO have acted swiftly to remove the last vestiges of the old regime at Tynecastle. The club's three directors - Roman Romanov, Sergejus Fedotovas and Vitalijus Vasiiauskas - have all lost their positions and been removed from the payroll. Roman Romanov, Vladimir Romanov's son, has not been seen at Tynecastle for years, but was re-elected as a director at Hearts" annual general meeting only last month. The motion to give Romanov junior another term in office was unanimously defeated by a show of hands from the floor, but the appointment went through thanks to his father's block vote. Fedotovas was last seen in Edinburgh at that meeting, and on Monday sent staff an email thanking them for their efforts. Vasiliauskas turned up last weekend to sign the club's application to go into administration, then flew back to Lithuania the following day without telling staff what he had done. Earlier today, Hearts players Jamie MacDonald and Ryan Stevenson agreed to take wage cuts in a bid to help the club survive its administration battle. Tynecastle boss Gary Locke today revealed the first-team duo had accepted an offer proposed by the club to receive reduced salary payments. Football finance trouble-shooters from BDO have been appointed to oversee the rescue efforts and four members of Locke's squad are expected to be made redundant at a later date. Locke said: "There is no update on the names of the players to be made redundant but the good thing is that two players - Ryan Stevenson and Jamie MacDonald - have agreed to take wage cuts to stay. That's a bit of positive news, especially for myself. It's a magnificent gesture from the two players and they are the type of players we want at our football club. We have all made sacrifices over the last few days and now we just hope the fans can do the same. The Edinburgh club owe £25million to Lithuanian companies UBIG and Ukio Bankas. Both firms were formerly controlled by ex-Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov but UBIG are now waiting to be put into administration after its assets were frozen, while Ukio Bankas will soon be liquidated after a Kaunas court declared it insolvent. The threat of court action over a partially-paid £100,000 tax bill sparked the decision to place Hearts into administration. The administrators now running the club's affairs yesterday laid off 14 members of the Jambos" backroom staff.