sentences:  Manager Csaba László told Basso he was surplus to requirements and that he was free to look for another club.Scottish First Division side Livingston, where Basso's agent Tomasso Angelini is a director, approached Basso in the hope of signing the Frenchman on a season-long loan deal but Bulgarian side Levski Sofia were also credited with an interest.On 28 January 2009 it was announced Basso had been released by Hearts.