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Craig Levein insists Kyle Lafferty throwing his shirt into the Hearts support this afternoon means nothing - because he does it every week.

Lafferty appeared to be paying an emotional goodbye at the end of the Betfred Cup victory at Dunfermline.

But Levein is confident the Jambos frontman has NOT played his last match for the club despite Rangers preparing another improved bid.

Lafferty tossed his shirt and shin pads into the travelling support at East End Park after coming off the bench in the 1-0 win.

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Rangers have had a series of bids for the Northern Irishman rejected by Hearts and are expected to return with another offer before the end of the transfer window.

But Levein said after the hard-fought win in Fife: “Kyle costs us a fortune.

"He does that every single week. So don't read anything into that.

“Do I think that's his last game? No.”

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Rangers are determined to hand the 30-year-old striker a return to Ibrox. Lafferty was left on the bench until midway through the second half today as Olly Lee’s goal secured the win for Hearts.

And his Tynecastle team mate Steven Naismith is also confident his strike partner will still be at Hearts when the summer window closes in under two weeks' time.

"Kyle's said a few times that's his last game," Naismith told BBC Scotland.

"But then he's turned up a month later. In football, these things happen. If he moves on, he moves on."