Summer transfer thread 2025

[04Sauzee]

https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/transfer-naar-sc-heerenveen-kwestie-van-tijd-voor-vente

Cheers👍

Looks like the guy who wrote the article has over 1k followers on Twitter which I suppose doesn't make him correct in this case , Scott Burns has over 22k followers 😅

I'd still be very surprised at selling him for that price especially so early in the window.

I hope he has a great career back home

[B.H.F.C]

Would’ve thought we’d have heard about Rocky and Hoilett by now to be honest. Longer it goes on the less likely it is I’d have thought.

Disappointed if Hoilett doesn’t stay as I never really thought he wouldn’t.

Our best football towards the end of the season was all with him on the pitch.

[bingo70]

Disappointed if Hoilett doesn’t stay as I never really thought he wouldn’t.

Our best football towards the end of the season was all with him on the pitch.

I think he’s tremendous but very similar to McGrath who I expect to start every game when fit.

I’d love Hoilett to stay but if he doesn’t, I think we’ve got a really good replacement for him.

[EGL2000]

I think he’s tremendous but very similar to McGrath who I expect to start every game when fit.

I’d love Hoilett to stay but if he doesn’t, I think we’ve got a really good replacement for him.

I don't think McGrath has the quality Hoilett does. His ability to take the ball under pressure and calm the game down was so crucial last season. However, McGrath is probably more of an asset due to age ect.

[EGL2000]

Wonder if we will be interested in any of the players at the club world cup. Really liked the look of the Urawa Reds Winger the other night Yusuke Matsuo. Celtic have used that market very well over the last few years, not somewhere we have tried yet that I am aware of?

[EGL2000]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

[Vault Boy]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

Meh, he missed like 20 games last season through injury. Doesn’t exactly scream ‘Jamestown Analytics have uncovered a gem’.

[JohnM1875]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

Aye, decent enough signing to be fair. Be back up for Iredale here though. No doubt about that.

[Hibernian Verse]

They tried the bottom six market last season with Spittal and Dhanda, didn't go well.

[Trinity Hibee]

Aye, decent enough signing to be fair. Be back up for Iredale here though. No doubt about that.

Findlay and McCart are average CB’s, halketts never fit and can mind who else they have

[He's here!]

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/mykola-kuharevich-joins-slovan-bratislava

I wasn't that fussed about him to be honest but now having seen that I'm kinda hoping we haven't missed out on anything here, he's a good option to have and something a bit different.

I'm more disappointed about this than most seem to be. I thought we were just starting to see the best of him.

[500miles]

Findlay and McCart are average CB’s, halketts never fit and can mind who else they have

Findlay is a much better defender than McCart, aggressive, good leader at Killie. He’s also appears to be slowing down after injuries though.


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[GloryGlory]

This Dutch journalist seems to be indicating that Vente to Heerenveen is done:



https://x.com/SanderVries_LC/status/1935629954190057917

[Billy Whizz]

Findlay and McCart are average CB’s, halketts never fit and can mind who else they have

Both lefties as well

[aberhibsfc]

This Dutch journalist seems to be indicating that Vente to Heerenveen is done:



https://x.com/SanderVries_LC/status/1935629954190057917

If true, I'm sad we're losing a player of his quality. I just hope we receive a good amount (hopefully all up front) with a sell on and use that money to secure resigning Bushiri or bringing Triantis in permanently.

It's one thing to break our singing record, but if we want to compete at a higher level, we'd have to be looking at our wages too.

[EGL2000]

If true, I'm sad we're losing a player of his quality. I just hope we receive a good amount (hopefully all up front) with a sell on and use that money to secure resigning Bushiri or bringing Triantis in permanently.

It's one thing to break our singing record, but if we want to compete at a higher level, we'd have to be looking at our wages too.

It is a strange one because he really was struggling come the end of his Hibs career. I thought he started really well and looked a real quality player. However, after his brilliant last season in Holland if he wasn't a Hibs player currently there would be absolutely no chance of us signing him.

[Sheffhibee]

It is a strange one because he really was struggling come the end of his Hibs career. I thought he started really well and looked a real quality player. However, after his brilliant last season in Holland if he wasn't a Hibs player currently there would be absolutely no chance of us signing him.

Decent enough player , just not robust enough or suited to the pace of the Scottish game. Never worked out and leaves with good wishes for his future career

[JimBHibees]

Findlay and McCart are average CB’s, halketts never fit and can mind who else they have

Kent is their best centre half however was out for a while last season injured. Findlay is a decent aggressive centre half which McInnes likes. Not the best on the ball but passable. Threat in opposition box

[HFC93]

The Vente situation is win-win for us really. He wants away, he barely played for us last season so we won't miss him, a decent fee, and a decent wage off the books.

[Donegal Hibby]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

If we signed him would he get a game?

[CentreForward]

The Vente situation is win-win for us really. He wants away, he barely played for us last season so we won't miss him, a decent fee, and a decent wage off the books.


if the recently quoted fee of 1m euros is correct then it really isn’t much of a win-win. Barely recouping the fee we paid for him and yet he has become a proven goal scorer in the top Dutch league. Everyone here was suggesting a fee of at least £2-3m for him a few months ago and that would certainly be more realistic.

We might be able to use any fee we get for him to put towards Rocky and Triantis but even if we did get them back that would only see us in the same place that we were at the end of last season. In fact in a weaker place if Hoilett didn’t return.

[Col2]

If we signed him would he get a game?

He might if Rocky doesn’t sign. He is a decent player but he isn’t a Rocky or. Porto.

[Col2]

if the recently quoted fee of 1m euros is correct then it really isn’t much of a win-win. Barely recouping the fee we paid for him and yet he has become a proven goal scorer in the top Dutch league. Everyone here was suggesting a fee of at least £2-3m for him a few months ago and that would certainly be more realistic.

We might be able to use any fee we get for him to put towards Rocky and Triantis but even if we did get them back that would only see us in the same place that we were at the end of last season. In fact in a weaker place if Hoilett didn’t return.

1 year left on contract and buyers know he doesn’t want to come back so no chance of extension to contract.

[Thatdayinmay16]

Kent is their best centre half however was out for a while last season injured. Findlay is a decent aggressive centre half which McInnes likes. Not the best on the ball but passable. Threat in opposition box

He's also been heavily linked with leaving along with Penrice apparently.

[CentreForward]

1 year left on contract and buyers know he doesn’t want to come back so no chance of extension to contract.


Agree, though still think it’s not a great fee considering the level that he’s proved himself at. All in all he hasn’t been a great deal for us considering his wages and how he performed for us. Ok it’s good to at least get his original fee back but think that many had hoped that he would go for quite a lot more. Still think there’s hope that the 1m fee quoted is wrong as only a few days ago there was a quoted fee of 2m.

[Donegal Hibby]

He might if Rocky doesn’t sign. He is a decent player but he isn’t a Rocky or. Porto.

I suppose that’s really the point I’m making in if we signed him as a replacement for Rocky I think a lot of us would be disappointed in he wouldn’t be a signing that would improve us , not saying he’s a bad signing but certainly one I wouldn’t be overly excited about either . I’m sure some would have concerns about him missing over 30 games last season in all .

[04Sauzee]

According to Twitter

Bojan Miovski has reportedly been told he can leave Girona this summer

Not within our budget but what a signing he would be.

I'd imagine he will get a crack at another foreign team.

[Since452]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

They can sign as many players from Kilmarnock as they like. The more the merrier. Killie were rotten last season.

[04Sauzee]

Killie sign George Stanger from Ayr Utd

Their 5th summer signing

[Donegal Hibby]

Been on the Sunderland forum again ( on it a lot ) 🤢 and the general opinion from their fans is they should hang onto Triantis and have a look at him . In saying that they are getting linked with midfielders Isaac Price and along with a host of other clubs one called Habib Diarra …

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/triantis.1657478/page-19

[Donegal Hibby]

Killie sign George Stanger from Ayr Utd

Their 5th summer signing

Isn’t that their 2nd or 3rd signing from the Championship?

[makaveli1875]

Decent enough player , just not robust enough or suited to the pace of the Scottish game. Never worked out and leaves with good wishes for his future career

I think the problem with Vente was Montgomery . I reckon if he'd been playing upfront for us last season he'd have scored a **** load of goals

[KeithTheHibby]

I think he’s tremendous but very similar to McGrath who I expect to start every game when fit.

I’d love Hoilett to stay but if he doesn’t, I think we’ve got a really good replacement for him.

We need a squad though and as much as Hoilett will not be a regular starter he’d be a valuable team member.
I still hold out plenty hope that Hoilett and Rocky stay - until we see the bye bye thanks for the memories Instagram post then there’s every chance we are still in talks.

[Northernhibee]

if the recently quoted fee of 1m euros is correct then it really isn’t much of a win-win. Barely recouping the fee we paid for him and yet he has become a proven goal scorer in the top Dutch league. Everyone here was suggesting a fee of at least £2-3m for him a few months ago and that would certainly be more realistic.

We might be able to use any fee we get for him to put towards Rocky and Triantis but even if we did get them back that would only see us in the same place that we were at the end of last season. In fact in a weaker place if Hoilett didn’t return.

Considering how poor and anonymous he was for us, I’ll be doing cartwheels to recoup what we paid (just like with the Melkersen deal).

The excuses made for him by many on here is mind boggling, he never looked that interested after his good start and missed absolute sitters under SDG. Could barely last longer than sixty minutes to boot.

The thing about him not getting the right quality balls was bull**** as Myziane didn’t have a problem and reeks of throwing team mates under the bus. Him being expected to drop deep and put a bit of effort in wasn’t playing him out of position - look at Gayle and where he starts in the move for his Tynie goal.

Also worth remembering that the same place we were at the end of last season was comfortably the second best team in Scotland and close to matching Celtic. If €1m gets us back to the position we were then then it’s a truly fantastic deal.

[EGL2000]

If we signed him would he get a game?

I would say currently yes. If Rocky resigned then no.

[EGL2000]

Been on the Sunderland forum again ( on it a lot ) 🤢 and the general opinion from their fans is they should hang onto Triantis and have a look at him . In saying that they are getting linked with midfielders Isaac Price and along with a host of other clubs one called Habib Diarra …

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/triantis.1657478/page-19

I still think he's a good bit off prem standard. He's a great player but isn't having the impact McGinn had on games and even he had some championship experience first.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Hoped we would have had some movement by now. McGrath unveiled at least

[Vault Boy]

Hoped we would have had some movement by now. McGrath unveiled at least

McGrath has just unveiled himself in the old kit on his instagram 😆

[Unseen work]

McGrath has just unveiled himself in the old kit on his instagram 😆

I thought you were joking 🤣

Welcome, Jamie!

[MagicSwirlingShip]

McGrath has just unveiled himself in the old kit on his instagram 😆

Great timing 😃

[CentreForward]

Killie sign George Stanger from Ayr Utd

Their 5th summer signing


Tony Stanger’s son!

[Trinity Hibee]

I thought you were joking 🤣

Welcome, Jamie!

Where’s this? Instagram?

[Vault Boy]

Where’s this? Instagram?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLFKAtpNhnZ/?igsh=bnl3b2JqNHkzbHE0

[CentreForward]

[QUOTE=Northernhibee;7984867]Considering how poor and anonymous he was for us, I’ll be doing cartwheels to recoup what we paid (just like with the Melkersen deal).

The excuses made for him by many on here is mind boggling, he never looked that interested after his good start and missed absolute sitters under SDG. Could barely last longer than sixty minutes to boot.

The thing about him not getting the right quality balls was bull**** as Myziane didn’t have a problem and reeks of throwing team mates under the bus. Him being expected to drop deep and put a bit of effort in wasn’t playing him out of position - look at Gayle and where he starts in the move for his Tynie goal.

Also worth remembering that the same place we were at the end of last season was comfortably the second best team in Scotland and close to matching Celtic. If €1m gets us back to the position we were then then it’s a truly fantastic deal.[/QUOTE


Comfortably the second best team in Scotland and close to matching Celtic is surely stretching it a bit. Yes we were doing really well but I would still say 3rd best team in Scotland and quite a long way still behind Celtic.

[007]

If true, I'm sad we're losing a player of his quality. I just hope we receive a good amount (hopefully all up front) with a sell on and use that money to secure resigning Bushiri or bringing Triantis in permanently.

It's one thing to break our singing record, but if we want to compete at a higher level, we'd have to be looking at our wages too.

Bit strange to be sad about it when he didn't even play for us last season and we finished 3rd without him. If we'd kept him rather than put him out on loan then I reckon we wouldn't have brought in Bowie. I think it has all worked out for the best.

[Ribs1875]

I guess we will need to wait and see what happens with Vente and when a more official platform gives us details. Last season he was loaned out to that PEC Zwolle, which would make me think they surely had to pay a loan fee of at least a couple of hundred thousand and his wages.

I feel historically the hibs boards have always knee jerked in the transfer market. Too often we sold players for less than their value in my opinion.

[Northernhibee]

Comfortably the second best team in Scotland and close to matching Celtic is surely stretching it a bit. Yes we were doing really well but I would still say 3rd best team in Scotland and quite a long way still behind Celtic.

Firm says other. Rangers couldn’t beat us and we consistently gave Celtic a decent game.

We really were a spectacular team for the last half of last season, I truly think we can’t downplay it.

[JimBHibees]

I guess we will need to wait and see what happens with Vente and when a more official platform gives us details. Last season he was loaned out to that PEC Zwolle, which would make me think they surely had to pay a loan fee of at least a couple of hundred thousand and his wages.

I feel historically the hibs boards have always knee jerked in the transfer market. Too often we sold players for less than their value in my opinion.

Issue may be if Vente will only sign for one team. Kind of weakens our position especially if he has only a year left on contract

[NC1875]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

They have to let McInnes sign at least one player he wants.

[JohnM1875]

They have to let McInnes sign at least one player he wants.

Was put through the JT analytic supercomputer and coincidentally had all the stats they were looking for. Standout CB.

[JohnM1875]

McGrath has just unveiled himself in the old kit on his instagram 😆

Poor guys had to do it himself.

Surely we’ll have him announced with the new kit at 5pm tonight.

[04Sauzee]

McGrath has just unveiled himself in the old kit on his instagram 😆

Wonder when the pics were taken as I think looking at the pitch it was before the end of the season last 🧐

[Victor]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

Don’t really know who he is. Cannot say he has been a standout when we’ve played Kilmarnock, then again I don’t think any of their players were anything special, which is maybe why they finished in the bottom half of the league. Then again that might have been down to their manager!

[04Sauzee]

Livingston sign goalkeeper Jack Hamilton.

Wonder how keeps getting picked up by clubs as he just isn't very good.

[JimBHibees]

Livingston sign goalkeeper Jack Hamilton.

Wonder how keeps getting picked up by clubs as he just isn't very good.

Seems to have been there a few times before

[1875M]

Findlay signs for Hearts. Already signed 6 players this season! Annoyingly a very solid signing.

Good signing tbf.

[04Sauzee]

Napoli in for Matt O'Reily, the offer is €30m

[04Sauzee]

Kyle Magennis on trial at Dundee.

[Lago]

Meanwhile back at Easter Road 💤

[staunchhibby]

Where nothing is happening

[04Sauzee]

Barnsley are supposedly in talks with Killie regarding the signing of Lewis Mayo.

[Stairway 2 7]

Im old enough to remember last summer and people were ripping our signings and saying why can't we be like hearts and sign all these players, Dhanda is a great signing..

[Thatdayinmay16]

Im old enough to remember last summer and people were ripping our signings and saying why can't we be like hearts and sign all these players, Dhanda is a great signing..

Hearts with a back 4 including McCart and Findlay are surely a shoe in for 3rd.... in 2021.

JT analytics eh.

[Real Emerald]

Im old enough to remember last summer and people were ripping our signings and saying why can't we be like hearts and sign all these players, Dhanda is a great signing..

I honestly couldn’t care less who others are signing but I am concerned that we get replacements for Myko, Gayle, Hoilett, Rocky and Triantis or re-sign some of them. It would also be nice to have them in early bedding into the squad well before our first qualifying tie. They will be working hard on this I’m sure so hopefully hear something sooner rather than later.

[TT07]

Any transfer news?

This

[Stuart93]

Livingston sign goalkeeper Jack Hamilton.

Wonder how keeps getting picked up by clubs as he just isn't very good.

What an agent that lads got. He’s a woeful goalie

[Pedantic_Hibee]

Barnsley are supposedly in talks with Killie regarding the signing of Lewis Mayo.

F*****g hellmann…

[EGL2000]

I honestly couldn’t care less who others are signing but I am concerned that we get replacements for Myko, Gayle, Hoilett, Rocky and Triantis or re-sign some of them. It would also be nice to have them in early bedding into the squad well before our first qualifying tie. They will be working hard on this I’m sure so hopefully hear something sooner rather than later.

And that's only to be as good as last season. I think we all want to build on it and improve. The team who finish 3rd have historically for whatever reasons done a lot worse in the following season. We have got to try and build and last seasons amazing second half.

I think the real key to becoming best of the rest is finishing there for a couple of seasons along with at least 1 European group stage run.

[Ship of Hope]

F*****g hellmann…

Haha.. that made me laugh despite our ack of transfers. I’m normally fairly patient and pragmatic except during transfer window.

[Donegal Hibby]

Seen this post on the Sunderland forum….

@AustraliaFut
The Triantis saga won't last long and looks like it'll be resolved in the next few days.

What will take longer is to find out which national team he'll play for, because according to leaks, the possibility of him playing for Greece is more than real.

Sunderland, Hibernian... We'll see where it ends

[badabing67]

Seen this post on the Sunderland forum….

@AustraliaFut
The Triantis saga won't last long and looks like it'll be resolved in the next few days.

What will take longer is to find out which national team he'll play for, because according to leaks, the possibility of him playing for Greece is more than real.

Sunderland, Hibernian... We'll see where it ends

That's interesting hope he is on his way here we will need him in as soon as if he is coming

[Wilson]

That's interesting hope he is on his way here we will need him in as soon as if he is coming

He'd have to be pretty excited.

[badabing67]

He'd have to be pretty excited.

Well, why would he be?

[Souter96Mac]

Not itk, but I reckon we'll see Vente gone and Triantis in over the next couple days.

[Donegal Hibby]

That's interesting hope he is on his way here we will need him in as soon as if he is coming

Hopefully we know one way or the other in the next couple of days as the last thing we want is it dragging out to long.

[badabing67]

Hopefully we know one way or the other in the next couple of days as the last thing we want is it dragging out to long.

Maybe there was something in that at Aussie X Post about @Hibernian.... another one


(5) AusFootHQ (@ALeagueHQ) / X (https://x.com/ALeagueHQ)

There has been quite a few posts relating to Triantis

[erin go bragh]

Good signing tbf.

Not according to the vast majority of Oxford fans. One saying he is up there with one of their worst signings.

[EGL2000]

Not according to the vast majority of Oxford fans. One saying he is up there with one of their worst signings.

Always been solid up here though. If we take the green tinted specs off it's a good signing. Won't set the world alight however he's a good defender and the manager knows him well. I'd rather have him than Ohora. Not as good as Iredale or Rocky though.

[Souter96Mac]

This is extremely 'clutching at straws' behaviour, but I noticed that both Rocky and Hoilett have liked a couple of the Hibs insta posts about the new home kit.

Appreciate this probably means hee haw, but better than nothing 🤣

[Hibbyradge]

Well, why would he be?

Whoosh

[Bridge hibs]

Maybe there was something in that at Aussie X Post about @Hibernian.... another one


(5) AusFootHQ (@ALeagueHQ) / X (https://x.com/ALeagueHQ)

There has been quite a few posts relating to TriantisHibs Central 🤣

[Paul1642]

And that's only to be as good as last season. I think we all want to build on it and improve. The team who finish 3rd have historically for whatever reasons done a lot worse in the following season. We have got to try and build and last seasons amazing second half.

I think the real key to becoming best of the rest is finishing there for a couple of seasons along with at least 1 European group stage run.

I get what your saying but I think it’s important to note that our season started poorly and finished extremely strong rather than the other way around.

If we retain Rocky, Triantis and Holliett, along with the additions already made of the GK (I really need to learn his name), McGrath and Manneh, then I think we’re only Myko + Gayle replacements away from a really good season.

Major surgery not needed for once.

Of course If any of the three retentions I mention aren’t kept, replacements are needed (unless you argue Manneh or McGrath are the replacements for one)

[Hibiza]

In sir David & Malky I trust.

[B.H.F.C]

I get what your saying but I think it’s important to note that our season started poorly and finished extremely strong rather than the other way around.

If we retain Rocky, Triantis and Holliett, along with the additions already made of the GK (I really need to learn his name), McGrath and Manneh, then I think we’re only Myko + Gayle replacements away from a really good season.

Major surgery not needed for once.

Of course If any of the three retentions I mention aren’t kept, replacements are needed (unless you argue Manneh or McGrath are the replacements for one)

Almost completely forget about Manneh. He’ll have a wee bit of first hand knowledge of playing against Midtjylland which might come in handy.

[Nicho87]

Sorry if posted.

Journo on x

Reporting vente deal agreed only around 900k

Surely no

[Heisenberg]

Sorry if posted.

Journo on x

Reporting vente deal agreed only around 900k

Surely no

Looks like we’ve been happy to just make our money back and get rid.

[Blaster]

Looks like we’ve been happy to just make our money back and get rid.

Most of us would have taken that before he went on loan

[JohnM1875]

Looks like we’ve been happy to just make our money back and get rid.

Will we make our money back on £900k? Think we paid £700k for him and Roda have a sell on clause.

[hibee1875]

Will we make our money back on £900k? Think we paid £700k for him and Roda have a sell on clause.

Got to assume there was a loan fee that could maybe be added to the total received

[Blaster]

Will we make our money back on £900k? Think we paid £700k for him and Roda have a sell on clause.

Only on the profit

[JohnM1875]

Only on the profit

Hope so

[aberhibsfc]

900k is a bit lower than I would expect given his season. We'll just have to wait and see. It's a loss of a quality player, but if it helps aquire Triantis I'd be happy with that.

Just hope we lever in a sell on. If he hits another season like last, Vente maybe have a bigger move in him. I'm sure Sunderland would include a sell on clause in any Triantis deal.

[B.H.F.C]

I’d have thought we’d have got more than that but you can only take what folk want to pay. Despite his season, the fee would suggest teams aren’t queuing up to pay a lot of money for him.

We probably want it done so we can move on with getting players in, which the money will help with.

[JimBHibees]

F*****g hellmann…

:greengrin

[AlbertK86]

Sorry if posted.

Journo on x

Reporting vente deal agreed only around 900k

Surely no

Out of interest who was the journo ?


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[Donegal Hibby]

Vente’s fee seems a bit low though with his contract situation , not wanting to come back I suppose Heerenveen aren’t in a bad position in that regards . Hopefully he has an even better season and we make a bit more from him if he catches the attentions of the bigger Dutch clubs …

Can understand why Triantis and Hoilett would take time but Rocky I’m surprised we haven’t heard anything about yet !.

[04Sauzee]

Out of interest who was the journo ?


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Anthony Joseph, sky sports Journo

[04Sauzee]

About 36hrs apart

https://i.ibb.co/YBzhQGkD/Screenshot-20250619-193306.png (https://ibb.co/zVyZxwR8)


https://i.ibb.co/hF360ynR/Screenshot-20250619-193324.png (https://ibb.co/gZk2Y3XM)

[AlbertK86]

Anthony Joseph, sky sports Journo

Reasonably reputable then. [emoji106]

Hopefully off the books shortly then


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[04Sauzee]

See if Hibs call it a 6 or 7 figure fee 😁 or if they just give us the terms of the fee will remain confidential.

[Unseen work]

Surprised it’s as low as 900k.

Suppose they maybe just want his wage off our bill and recoup our outlay.

Wonder if we’ll use the money to try get Alfarela?

Only thing is can’t see us spending that on him plus about 1m on Triantis

[04Sauzee]

Surprised it’s as low as 900k.

Suppose they maybe just want his wage off our bill and recoup our outlay.

Wonder if we’ll use the money to try get Alfarela?

Only thing is can’t see us spending that on him plus about 1m on Triantis

I'm very surprised at the fee tbh. I get he's only got 1 year left of his contract. Still seems a little low.

[chippy]

Great business from Hibs - Youan next ?

[04Sauzee]

Great business from Hibs - Youan next ?

Vente playing week in week out in the Dutch top tier and was one of the top scorers .

Youan 2 goals in 15 appearance. Not sure how much we can expect for him.

[Hibby Kay-Yay]

Vente playing week in week out in the Dutch top tier and was one of the top scorers .

Youan 2 goals in 15 appearance. Not sure how much we can expect for him.

Bidding to start at £5million.

[Cabbage-Patch]

Most of us would have taken that before he went on loan

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

[B.H.F.C]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

Nearly a million for a player who doesn’t want to be here plus probably another quarter of a million or so saved in wages. You can’t accept what folk aren’t offering. Would be far too big a risk to keep him.

[erin go bragh]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

150k profit which probably covered the wages Hibs paid him.
We could have ended up with nothing for him tbh.

[Sioux]

Surprised it’s as low as 900k.

Suppose they maybe just want his wage off our bill and recoup our outlay.

Wonder if we’ll use the money to try get Alfarela?

Only thing is can’t see us spending that on him plus about 1m on Triantis

Maybe Heerenveen only offered 600,000, or whatever, but Hibs managed to get 900,000. Maybe Hibs played a blinder rather than simply getting him off the wage bill, as you put it.

[timewilltell]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.
Isn't it funny how when we sell someone we want a big fee, but when we're after someone, our opinion of the fee involved greatly shifts.🤣

[flash]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

Well it's an opinion.

[04Sauzee]

Celtic close to signing Nordsjaelland attacker Benjamin Nygren for £1.7m

Still wouldn't mind seeing Jonny Kenny at Hibs.

[GloryGlory]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

The trouble with that is that he's made it clear he doesn't want to be here. So we'd end up forking out wages for another year to a player that maybe wouldn't bother putting in too much effort.

[Cabbage-Patch]

Isn't it funny how when we sell someone we want a big fee, but when we're after someone, our opinion of the fee involved greatly shifts.🤣

Get that to a certain extent but he was one of the top scorers in the Dutch Premier which is one of the better leagues in Europe. 900k seems a bit low considering we got him for 700 from thier version of the championship.

[Stevie Reid]

Notable that it says worth “up to £900K” - sounds like we’ll only make that if certain thresholds are met.

[HFC93]

Too many folk confusing Football Manager with real life here.

[04Sauzee]

Get that to a certain extent but he was one of the top scorers in the Dutch Premier which is one of the better leagues in Europe. 900k seems a bit low considering we got him for 700 from thier version of the championship.

12th best ranked league in the world, 31 places above the Scottish top flight.

[Unseen work]

Maybe Heerenveen only offered 600,000, or whatever, but Hibs managed to get 900,000. Maybe Hibs played a blinder rather than simply getting him off the wage bill, as you put it.

Maybe?

I’m not criticising the club, just that I’m surprised at the fee

[JimBHibees]

Good to get him out the door to get others that want to be here in.

[ancient hibee]

This is really the silly season when there are so many posts about figures that nobody knows are correct. Still passes the time I suppose.

[Pete70]

It’s interesting how the value of Vente has more than halved in a week. At the end of last week the talk was a £2m fee, earlier this week it was £1m and now the deal is ‘worth up to £900k’.

[Gmack7]

It’s interesting how the value of Vente has more than halved in a week. At the end of last week the talk was a £2m fee, earlier this week it was £1m and now the deal is ‘worth up to £900k’.

We better get rid quick, at this rate we'll be paying herenveen

[Hibs90]

So we make around 200k profit and Roda get 20% or whatever.

Not great. Appreciate he has a year left but surely we could've got a bit more.

[easty]

Too many folk confusing Football Manager with real life here.

I wouldn’t be selling him as cheaply as this on FM.

[007]

It’s interesting how the value of Vente has more than halved in a week. At the end of last week the talk was a £2m fee, earlier this week it was £1m and now the deal is ‘worth up to £900k’.

That's unreliable rumours for you.

[.Sean.]

Cannot understand a fee as low as that for someone who’s played week in week out and scored regularly at the level he’s been at, id rather have kept him than sell as cheap as that

[007]

So we make around 200k profit and Roda get 20% or whatever.

Not great. Appreciate he has a year left but surely we could've got a bit more.

Surely if we could've then we would've.

[Hibs90]

Surely if we could've then we would've.

Cool :aok:

[Silky]

I'm very surprised at the fee tbh. I get he's only got 1 year left of his contract. Still seems a little low.

Im surprised at it as well. Thought he was, for the most part, pretty hopeless at Hibs so to get a fee like that is great business, particularly when we paid less for Bowie who imo is a better player.

[007]

Cannot understand a fee as low as that for someone who’s played week in week out and scored regularly at the level he’s been at, id rather have kept him than sell as cheap as that

You want us to have players that don't want to be at Hibs? If a player wants to go then I'm happy for them to, particularly if we make nearly £1m and we can then invest it in the squad and hopefully bring in a player like Triantis.

[AlbertK86]

Im surprised at it as well. Thought he was, for the most part, pretty hopeless at Hibs so to get a fee like that is great business, particularly when we paid less for Bowie who imo is a better player.

Excellent point


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[04Sauzee]

Rumours of Kyogo to Birmingham.

[Sioux]

It’s interesting how the value of Vente has more than halved in a week. At the end of last week the talk was a £2m fee, earlier this week it was £1m and now the deal is ‘worth up to £900k’.

The talk of £2m was way outside the real world. It's been said a million times that if you sell something, anything, it's value is restricted to what someone wants to pay for it. No one has been interested in paying £2m, therefore £2m was not a valuation. It was merely a figure plucked out of thin air.

The £1m you mention, coming out of the Netherlands, was €1m. So £900,00 is about right.

[Bostonhibby]

I wouldn’t be selling him as cheaply as this on FM.I'd have kept him in my shed for a year and refused to let him go for anything less than £2m. Chuck in the odd half loaf now and again and get the big dug to watch him.

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[B.H.F.C]

The talk of £2m was way outside the real world. It's been said a million times that if you sell something, anything, it's value is restricted to what someone wants to pay for it. No one has been interested in paying £2m, therefore £2m was not a valuation. It was merely a figure plucked out of thin air.

The £1m you mention, coming out of the Netherlands, was €1m. So £900,00 is about right.

Agree with that. When he was on his good run with Zwolle last year I was thinking we’d make a few quid.

But if teams aren’t offering it, there’s not much we can do about it. I don’t see any value in trying to keep him as that money just lessens and you, potentially, have an unmotivated player who underperformed here before.

Sometimes you just need to get the best deal you can at that particular moment and move on. I do hope getting him out the door means we move on with incomings sharpish.

[DIXIHIBS]

Cannot understand a fee as low as that for someone who’s played week in week out and scored regularly at the level he’s been at, id rather have kept him than sell as cheap as that

Seriously? Keep a player who never settled at Hibs and doesn't want be here, pay his wages for a year and lose best part of a million coz his contract has ran out. Glad your not in charge at Hibs!!

[Stokesy's on fire]

Miovski former sheep player been told he can leave his current club Girona this summer.

[CentreForward]

You want us to have players that don't want to be at Hibs? If a player wants to go then I'm happy for them to, particularly if we make nearly £1m and we can then invest it in the squad and hopefully bring in a player like Triantis.

We haven’t made anything and with everything added up we are probably going to lose money on him. All of that if the quoted figure is accurate anyway. All things added up it’s a poor deal for the club.

[degenerated]

We haven’t made anything and with everything added up we are probably going to lose money on him. All of that if the quoted figure is accurate anyway. All things added up it’s a poor deal for the club.Gordon oot

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[eastmainsmsh]

Miovski former sheep player been told he can leave his current club Girona this summer.

Now that would be a great signing

[Kato]

Celtic close to signing Nordsjaelland attacker Benjamin Nygren for £1.7m

Still wouldn't mind seeing Jonny Kenny at Hibs.Hopefully a loan.

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[Sioux]

We haven’t made anything and with everything added up we are probably going to lose money on him. All of that if the quoted figure is accurate anyway. All things added up it’s a poor deal for the club.

It's the only deal we were ever going to get. That doesn't make it a bad one. As a result we'll get £900,000 to spend as we please. A bad deal is getting nothing and paying another 250,000 or so in wages to get that nothing in a year's time.

[Donegal Hibby]

Celtic close to signing Nordsjaelland attacker Benjamin Nygren for £1.7m

Still wouldn't mind seeing Jonny Kenny at Hibs.

Me too . I think the guys a player with massive potential.

[EGL2000]

Most of us would have taken that before he went on loan

Think that's the whole point in why I'm so disappointed. He was already at that value had a very successful loan and we aren't asking for anything more, crazy.

[Wilson]

Think that's the whole point in why I'm so disappointed. He was already at that value had a very successful loan and we aren't asking for anything more, crazy.

If Herenveen are the only bidding party then we weren't getting anything crazy. Most of their top transfers are around the 2m euro mark. They have paid more but not in a while. And I suspect that when they did pay more they weren't after a guy in the last year of his contract.

The club will have got the best deal they could. We can only hope Vente has another successful season, that someone buys him, and we've got a decent clause.

[CentreForward]

Gordon oot

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And the Black Knights as well. Ok, only joking but I’m still not that happy with it when not that long ago everyone on here was on about us getting 2 to 3m and a bidding war. When I heard 2m euros quoted a few days ago I actually found that fairly disappointing.

[007]

We haven’t made anything and with everything added up we are probably going to lose money on him. All of that if the quoted figure is accurate anyway. All things added up it’s a poor deal for the club.

Make as in sell him for that, not make a profit of.

Since when did we start factoring in the wages we paid a player when deciding whether or not we've lost money on them? When we want to put the most negative slant on it?

We paid £700k for him (reportedly), it didn't work out so we're selling him for £200k more than we paid for him (reportedly). I would have thought most would see that as a positive outcome considering it wasn't looking so great a year ago and seemingly he doesn't want to be here. I guess I need to accept there are always people who tend to see things more negatively.

[CentreForward]

Think that's the whole point in why I'm so disappointed. He was already at that value had a very successful loan and we aren't asking for anything more, crazy.


Agree entirely!

[007]

Think that's the whole point in why I'm so disappointed. He was already at that value had a very successful loan and we aren't asking for anything more, crazy.

You must have inside information if you know we didn't try and get any more.

[CentreForward]

Make as in sell him for that, not make a profit of.

Since when did we start factoring in the wages we paid a player when deciding whether or not we've lost money on them? When we want to put the most negative slant on it?

We paid £700k for him (reportedly), it didn't work out so we're selling him for £200k more than we paid for him (reportedly). I would have thought most would see that as a positive outcome considering it wasn't looking so great a year ago and seemingly he doesn't want to be here. I guess I need to accept there are always people who tend to see things more negatively.


Can understand what you’re saying entirely and considering how poorly he did for us then on the surface it sounds like a pretty good deal. What is disappointing though is that he has now become one of the top scorers in a good league but his fee doesn’t really reflect that.

[007]

Can understand what you’re saying entirely and considering how poorly he did for us then on the surface it sounds like a pretty good deal. What is disappointing though is that he has now become one of the top scorers in a good league but his fee doesn’t really reflect that.

Fair enough and I understand people thinking we might have got more but being realistic this is probably the best outcome the club could get. I have confidence in our current set up.

A big factor might have been Vente wanting to go there and he maybe rejected alternative suitors who were offering to pay more for him. We should remember he has to agree to any move too, not just Hibs and the buying club.

[Brooster]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

See what he can do? We know what he can do....he was brutally ineffective in a Hibs shirt.

[Donegal Hibby]

Think that's the whole point in why I'm so disappointed. He was already at that value had a very successful loan and we aren't asking for anything more, crazy.

We could ask for more but that doesn’t mean we are going to get it though , another poster said recently that a player is only worth what another team are willing to pay, considering the player is in the last year of his contract , doesn’t want to come back . I think breaking even or hopefully even making a profit ain’t half bad considering how things have went .

[Cabbage-Patch]

See what he can do? We know what he can do....he was brutally ineffective in a Hibs shirt.

Because he was played out of position by that clown Monty.

[Donegal Hibby]

Because he was played out of position by that clown Monty.

Part of it but I think there were other reasons too in fairness.

[MacGruber]

Find the fee disappointing. With how well he done over there in the top league and probably mostly because like the group stage Europe prospect we had it touted around for long enough with the 2 million quoted and rumours of all these interested clubs.

Console myself in the thinking it isn't £200K profit (less Roda share) the way I see it, it's £900K and a salary off the books. The £700k spent on Vente was part of the debt we ran up that the Gordon's covered. It isn't back filling what we paid out - it's just a sizeable fee in.

Also, Hibs routinely put selling clauses in. Maybe we have taken a bit off the fee in exchange for a bigger sell on %. Take a gamble he continues to be one of the top scorers and moves on again - next time for a few million

[JimBHibees]

Me too . I think the guys a player with massive potential.

Thought he looked very poor in the cup final

[JimBHibees]

Fair enough and I understand people thinking we might have got more but being realistic this is probably the best outcome the club could get. I have confidence in our current set up.

A big factor might have been Vente wanting to go there and he maybe rejected alternative suitors who were offering to pay more for him. We should remember he has to agree to any move too, not just Hibs and the buying club.

Yep he indicates he only wants to go to one club not much chance of an auction. Hopefully concluded quickly and get guys in who want to play for us.

[Caversham Green]

I certainly wouldn't have! If this figure is true feel like we have had our pants pulled down a bit due to the length he has left on his contract. Rather keep him at that price and see what he can do. Completely different team to the one he left on loan. Shown he can score goals in the Europe too. Poor bit of business IMO.

If we kept him it would be equivalent to paying £900k (if that's the true figure) plus his wages for his services for a single season. Given how he performed here previously and his own admission that he wasn't happy here, that doesn't look like a good deal to me.

[Northernhibee]

Because he was played out of position by that clown Monty.

He wasn’t. He was so lightweight and slow that if we played him in his supposedly best position as someone who just sits in the penalty box he wouldn’t have gotten a touch all game so he was asked to pull his weight and occasionally drop deeper to try and get the ball. Even Cummings pulled his weight elsewhere on the pitch from time to time.

Funny how Gayle managed to get back into the box to score a goal against Hearts at Tynie after being well out of the penalty box, but actually put some effort in to make something happen.

Face it, he was pish and it wouldn’t shock me if he reverted to type with Herenveen very soon. Throwing his team mates under the bus by suggesting it’s their fault he couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo up here doesn’t suggest a fantastic attitude.

£900k for someone missing chances like he did at the start of the season just past and was posted missing so often in season one is a fantastic deal. We should see if they fancy signing Jair as well.

Forget the Bermuda Triangle, the fact that Dylan Vente has fooled so many people into thinking he was a good signing for us may become the biggest mystery of all.

[CB_NO3]

He wasn’t. He was so lightweight and slow that if we played him in his supposedly best position as someone who just sits in the penalty box he wouldn’t have gotten a touch all game so he was asked to pull his weight and occasionally drop deeper to try and get the ball. Even Cummings pulled his weight elsewhere on the pitch from time to time.

Funny how Gayle managed to get back into the box to score a goal against Hearts at Tynie after being well out of the penalty box, but actually put some effort in to make something happen.

Face it, he was pish and it wouldn’t shock me if he reverted to type with Herenveen very soon. Throwing his team mates under the bus by suggesting it’s their fault he couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo up here doesn’t suggest a fantastic attitude.

£900k for someone missing chances like he did at the start of the season just past and was posted missing so often in season one is a fantastic deal. We should see if they fancy signing Jair as well.

Forget the Bermuda Triangle, the fact that Dylan Vente has fooled so many people into thinking he was a good signing for us may become the biggest mystery of all.

He just made team of the season by some journalists in a league much better than ours. Monty's system ruined Vente, like he nearly ruined Rocky and everyone else with his woeful tactics.

[Paulie Walnuts]

He wasn’t. He was so lightweight and slow that if we played him in his supposedly best position as someone who just sits in the penalty box he wouldn’t have gotten a touch all game so he was asked to pull his weight and occasionally drop deeper to try and get the ball. Even Cummings pulled his weight elsewhere on the pitch from time to time.

Funny how Gayle managed to get back into the box to score a goal against Hearts at Tynie after being well out of the penalty box, but actually put some effort in to make something happen.

Face it, he was pish and it wouldn’t shock me if he reverted to type with Herenveen very soon. Throwing his team mates under the bus by suggesting it’s their fault he couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo up here doesn’t suggest a fantastic attitude.

£900k for someone missing chances like he did at the start of the season just past and was posted missing so often in season one is a fantastic deal. We should see if they fancy signing Jair as well.

Forget the Bermuda Triangle, the fact that Dylan Vente has fooled so many people into thinking he was a good signing for us may become the biggest mystery of all.

Why wouldn’t he have gotten a touch all game? How did he get touches for his previous team given hanging about the box is how he played there? How did he get touches last season leading to him being one of the best strikers in a league much higher than ours given hanging about the box is how he played there?

He wouldn’t have got a touch playing that way for Hibs because we were playing Monty ball. Montgomery ruined him, as he did near enough every other player we had. He even had folk on here convinced Martin Boyle should be retiring FFS :faf:

You repeatedly go on about the fact that Gayle managed to get into the box to score this one goal against Hearts, Vente made a lung busting run from the halfway line to get into the box for a goal against Aberdeen at home. Your insinuation that he didn’t do it is laughable.

If I recall correctly, you were insistent last season that Montgomery was doing well to get what he did out our squad because you were insistent it was horrendous, yet loads of them have just taken us to third place. EVERY player underperformed last season under Montgomery who was an absolutely woeful manager, genuinely dreadful. It’s in no way a coincidence that literally every player from last seasons squad is having a better time of it this season than they were under him and his utterly rank ‘tactics’ and that even extends to guys who have went to different clubs - Maolida is outperforming Mahrez and Mane, Marcondes had a good season, Myzenda (?) who Montgomery chose not to even use has been an integral part of getting Sunderland to the EPL, Vente had a great season and then you’ve got all the guys who are here who have just had a great season.

As for your last paragraph, you were on a thread deriding people for criticising Montgomery and going on about the ‘European trophy winner’. If there’s a mystery on this board then it’s not the idea that a 16 G/A in 43 games striker was misused by a dud of a manager, it’s the bizarre backing to the hilt of our worst manager since Terry Butcher,

[Paulie Walnuts]

He just made team of the season by some journalists in a league much better than ours. Monty's system ruined Vente, like he nearly ruined Rocky and everyone else with his woeful tactics.

:agree:

If Vente was the only one who has had a turn around this season then there would be an argument to be had. Literally every player that was involved last season under Montgomery has had a new lease of life this season having been freed from his 4-4-2, school fitbaw team, walking football tactics.

[Sioux]

He just made team of the season by some journalists in a league much better than ours. Monty's system ruined Vente, like he nearly ruined Rocky and everyone else with his woeful tactics.

None of this matters! We get €1m because that's his worth.

All this nonsense about people believing what the internet told them, and believing in that, merely confirms that 90% of what's posted on social media is utter BS.

Idiots will believe in idiocy.

I've got an eight year old Ford Focus with 34,000 miles on the clock. It's worth £15,000, but I'm selling it for £10,000. Too good a deal to miss. You can contact me with bank details at [email protected].:greengrin

[Stokesy's on fire]

Now that would be a great signing

One we should consider and if Aberdeen go in for him we could probably get him over them considering we took McGrath from them.

[Shrekko]

All this nonsense about people believing what the internet told them, and believing in that, merely confirms that 90% of what's posted on social media is utter BS.



Never fails to amaze me how people now seem to think that a random posting on 'X' carries some kind of credibility because erm... it's on 'X'.

[Hibees1973]

Vente is a prime example of the poor recruitment strategy we had at the club two years ago.

For us to pay as much as £750k on a player from the 2nd division in the Netherlands is risky at best. He had plenty of chances with us, but could not adapt his game to that in Scotland. There is a fault on our part in that we churned managers while he was here. This is a key factor the club should have analysed prior to him joining. There have been loads of others like this, Jair, McKirdy, Melkersen, etc who were recruited around this time and are no longer here or still trying to shift. All the evidence is there.

I've no doubt Vente is good. He has shown it in the top league in the Netherlands. But what counts is he couldn't cut it here.

To get a wee bit more than what we paid for a guy in the last year of his contract and one who there does not seem to be a queue of clubs wanting is a decent deal for us.

I can understand some wanting more if he ripped it up in the Eredivise last year and the likes of Ajax or PSV wanting him. But he didn't.

[Donegal Hibby]

Thought he looked very poor in the cup final

I think their whole team was poor that day in fairness, look at Maeda’s performance for a start . I think Kenny made a mistake career wise when he was maybe close to signing for us and then decided to join his boyhood club , player I like who I think in the right environment playing regularly would thrive , he’s got good movement and a eye for a goal ….

https://youtu.be/YDWaH4MC1Qs?si=w9RyktWneRR5-mV8

[04Sauzee]

Never fails to amaze me how people now seem to think that a random posting on 'X' carries some kind of credibility because erm... it's on 'X'.

Some of the randoms were Dutch Journalists. I think people thought it was possible it would be closer to the 2m after the season he had just had. Even UK journalists were saying there were 3 clubs chasing his signiture which some people would think that could drive up the fee. Not sure it's just a case of believing everything you read on the internet.

[Shrekko]

Some of the randoms were Dutch Journalists. I think people thought it was possible it would be closer to the 2m after the season he had just had. Even UK journalists were saying there were 3 clubs chasing his signiture which some people would think that could drive up the fee. Not sure it's just a case of believing everything you read on the internet.

My comments were very general -there's often people placing credibility on 'someone on twitter' when it's just a genuine random.

[04Sauzee]

My comments were very general -there's often people placing credibility on 'someone on twitter' when it's just a genuine random.

Yeah I get that 😁👍

[GloryGlory]

My comments were very general -there's often people placing credibility on 'someone on twitter' when it's just a genuine random.

Someone posts a rumour somewhere and it gets regurgitated over and over, sometimes by sports "journalists" who are just using it as space filler. You've no idea how much I smirk when I see someone say that a second, third, etc "journalist" is now reporting the exact same rumour as if that gives it some additional veracity.

[Unseen work]

There’s absolutely zero chance we can get Miovski

None whatsoever

[hibIBZ]

The Vente deal is a good one. Getting our money back plus a bit extra for a player who for one reason or another didn’t do it for us and probably doesn’t want to play for us next season. Yes he had a good season in the Netherlands, but I can’t see anybody paying a lot for a player whose club don’t really have him in their plans, who wants a move as soon as possible and only has a year left on his contract

[Northernhibee]

Why wouldn’t he have gotten a touch all game? How did he get touches for his previous team given hanging about the box is how he played there? How did he get touches last season leading to him being one of the best strikers in a league much higher than ours given hanging about the box is how he played there?

He wouldn’t have got a touch playing that way for Hibs because we were playing Monty ball. Montgomery ruined him, as he did near enough every other player we had. He even had folk on here convinced Martin Boyle should be retiring FFS :faf:

You repeatedly go on about the fact that Gayle managed to get into the box to score this one goal against Hearts, Vente made a lung busting run from the halfway line to get into the box for a goal against Aberdeen at home. Your insinuation that he didn’t do it is laughable.

If I recall correctly, you were insistent last season that Montgomery was doing well to get what he did out our squad because you were insistent it was horrendous, yet loads of them have just taken us to third place. EVERY player underperformed last season under Montgomery who was an absolutely woeful manager, genuinely dreadful. It’s in no way a coincidence that literally every player from last seasons squad is having a better time of it this season than they were under him and his utterly rank ‘tactics’ and that even extends to guys who have went to different clubs - Maolida is outperforming Mahrez and Mane, Marcondes had a good season, Myzenda (?) who Montgomery chose not to even use has been an integral part of getting Sunderland to the EPL, Vente had a great season and then you’ve got all the guys who are here who have just had a great season.

As for your last paragraph, you were on a thread deriding people for criticising Montgomery and going on about the ‘European trophy winner’. If there’s a mystery on this board then it’s not the idea that a 16 G/A in 43 games striker was misused by a dud of a manager, it’s the bizarre backing to the hilt of our worst manager since Terry Butcher,

Could have saved you typing a whole lot of stuff I won’t read if I could just respond to your first sentence - because he’s completely unsuited to this league and didn’t try hard enough.

[Centre Hawf]

He wasn’t. He was so lightweight and slow that if we played him in his supposedly best position as someone who just sits in the penalty box he wouldn’t have gotten a touch all game so he was asked to pull his weight and occasionally drop deeper to try and get the ball. Even Cummings pulled his weight elsewhere on the pitch from time to time.

Funny how Gayle managed to get back into the box to score a goal against Hearts at Tynie after being well out of the penalty box, but actually put some effort in to make something happen.

Face it, he was pish and it wouldn’t shock me if he reverted to type with Herenveen very soon. Throwing his team mates under the bus by suggesting it’s their fault he couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo up here doesn’t suggest a fantastic attitude.

£900k for someone missing chances like he did at the start of the season just past and was posted missing so often in season one is a fantastic deal. We should see if they fancy signing Jair as well.

Forget the Bermuda Triangle, the fact that Dylan Vente has fooled so many people into thinking he was a good signing for us may become the biggest mystery of all.

I can't really agree with all that to be honest.

He banged goals in before us, he did look like he was going to be a great signing under Lee Johnson, and then was murder under Monty. Only to then go back out on loan last season and be one of the more clinical strikers in a top-ish European league. It's hard to look at his one season here and say that's the true Dylan Vente for me.

While I understand your point about Gayle/Cummings and dropping to to do some work I think the issue for me wasn't almost as much as how he was used (which was an issue) but mostly how awful we were at creating chances under Monty. His confidence was long gone by the end of the season and last summer was a shell of a striker before he left on loan. He was asked to do a role that wasn't to his strength and we were a worse team for it.

I think it's right he left, he obviously hated it here for a variety of personal reasons it seems as well as the fact footballing wise it wasn't proving a good fit, but I am under no illusions that we hired a manager that didn't know how to get the best out of him either. Which I said at the time was lunacy from the clubs part to go sign a striker of Vente's type for that amount of money to only to then hire a manager that didn't want to use him in a way that suited him best. Zero joined up thinking from the club again at that point.

[Northernhibee]

None of this matters! We get €1m because that's his worth.

All this nonsense about people believing what the internet told them, and believing in that, merely confirms that 90% of what's posted on social media is utter BS.

Idiots will believe in idiocy.

I've got an eight year old Ford Focus with 34,000 miles on the clock. It's worth £15,000, but I'm selling it for £10,000. Too good a deal to miss. You can contact me with bank details at [email protected].:greengrin

Maybe someone should pay £25k for it because that’s what it was worth three years ago going by the logic that we’ve gotten a bad deal for Vente.

[Northernhibee]

I can't really agree with all that to be honest.

He banged goals in before us, he did look like he was going to be a great signing under Lee Johnson, and then was murder under Monty. Only to then go back out on loan last season and be one of the more clinical strikers in a top-ish European league. It's hard to look at his one season here and say that's the true Dylan Vente for me.

While I understand your point about Gayle/Cummings and dropping to to do some work I think the issue for me wasn't almost as much as how he was used (which was an issue) but mostly how awful we were at creating chances under Monty. His confidence was long gone by the end of the season and last summer was a shell of a striker before he left on loan. He was asked to do a role that wasn't to his strength and we were a worse team for it.

I think it's right he left, he obviously hated it here for a variety of personal reasons it seems as well as the fact footballing wise it wasn't proving a good fit, but I am under no illusions that we hired a manager that didn't know how to get the best out of him either. Which I said at the time was lunacy from the clubs part to go sign a striker of Vente's type for that amount of money to only to then hire a manager that didn't want to use him in a way that suited him best. Zero joined up thinking from the club again at that point.

The last sentence does carry some of my thoughts too - and certain posters on here who act like Nick Montgomery ran off with their wives and took a dump on their doormat seem to ignore - we were a shambles of a club at that point after no direction from those making football decisions. Hearing about the way Le Fondre was treated on that podcast makes it sound like we were a basket case and a certain individual was sticking their oar in where it wasn’t wanted.

However it didn’t seem to hamper others - Myziane banged in the goals, and Le Fondre and an injury ravaged Doidge both looked more likely to score than Vente did.

[CapitalGreen]

The last sentence does carry some of my thoughts too - and certain posters on here who act like Nick Montgomery ran off with their wives and took a dump on their doormat seem to ignore - we were a shambles of a club at that point after no direction from those making football decisions. Hearing about the way Le Fondre was treated on that podcast makes it sound like we were a basket case and a certain individual was sticking their oar in where it wasn’t wanted.

However it didn’t seem to hamper others - Myziane banged in the goals, and Le Fondre and an injury ravaged Doidge both looked more likely to score than Vente did.

Change the words Nick Montgomery to Vente here and you could be describing yourself.

[J-C]

We sign a player who ends up not settling and goes home to play well, wants to stay in his home country, we get our money back on an unsettled player. Win win for both parties.

[Mon Dieu4]

However it didn’t seem to hamper others - Myziane banged in the goals, and Le Fondre and an injury ravaged Doidge both looked more likely to score than Vente did.

Myzaine = skill in abundance, can make a goal out of nothing
Le Fondre = Poacher who also has skill in abundance who can make a goal out of nothing
Doidge = target man who relies on decent service
Vente = Penalty box fox and can play on the shoulder

It's almost as if strikers are completely different and you can't really compare them

Anyone saying we used Vente in the correct manner is simply wrong, the service we gave him was horrendous, ponderous and had about 384 sideways and backwards passes thrown in which allowed defenders to get set

Put Vente on the end of Nicky Cadden crosses and you would have seen bucket loads

[Northernhibee]

Change the words Nick Montgomery to Vente here and you could be describing yourself.

If McKirdy had blamed his inability to score goals on his team mates then the reaction would have been very different. The leniency and excuses made for a guy who cost a fortune baffles me.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Could have saved you typing a whole lot of stuff I won’t read if I could just respond to your first sentence - because he’s completely unsuited to this league and didn’t try hard enough.

:faf:

Spoken like an incredibly mature poster, I don’t like people discussing my lengthy posts with lengthy posts so I’ll brag about how I’m not gonna read it. In reality you’ll pretend you’re not going to read it because it makes numerous irrefutable points.

Your evidence for him not trying hard enough is that Dwight Gayle made a run into the box against Hearts. Vente done that as well. :aok:

[USA_Hibee]

Let's make a Vente debate thread.

I take it there are no good transfer rumours?

[Paulie Walnuts]

leniency and excuses made for a guy who cost a fortune baffles me.

The irony here given your unwavering backing of the “European trophy winner” who was our worst manager in a decade is quite exceptional.

[babahibs]

We sign a player who ends up not settling and goes home to play well, wants to stay in his home country, we get our money back on an unsettled player. Win win for both parties.

That's exactly how I see it, no more, no less.

[Northernhibee]

The irony here given your unwavering backing of the “European trophy winner” who was our worst manager in a decade is quite exceptional.

I’ve said that although it’s based off of faith that he would have come good (and the snippets we seen when it did work was enjoyable to watch) - it would be worth noting that the assessment of the Black Knights was apparently he was a very good coach let down by unsuitable players.

The fact he’s gone on to be a decent part of a coaching team that won the Europa League also adds credence to that theory.

Genuinely see it as a good coach coming to what was a basket case of a club at the time, having watched some of his CCM team play.

We’ve argued this a lot of times, let’s not again, eh? You think he was mince, I’ve based my opinion off of what I’ve seen - we’re not changing our respective minds

[joe breezy]

I was hoping we’d be signing players before the Europa play off


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[Paulie Walnuts]

I’ve said that although it’s based off of faith that he would have come good (and the snippets we seen when it did work was enjoyable to watch) - it would be worth noting that the assessment of the Black Knights was apparently he was a very good coach let down by unsuitable players.

The fact he’s gone on to be a decent part of a coaching team that won the Europa League also adds credence to that theory.

Genuinely see it as a good coach coming to what was a basket case of a club at the time, having watched some of his CCM team play.

The guy was ****ing horrific. If you think you seen good snippets under Montgomery then you’d have seen world class snippets under Maloney and LJ.

He managed to make every player worse. That’s on him.

[JohnM1875]

I was hoping we’d be signing players before the Europa play off


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We surely will add a few more in before 24th of July.

When we back for pre-season training again?

[we are hibs]

We surely will add a few more in before 24th of July.

When we back for pre-season training again?Today

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[JohnM1875]

Today

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Interesting, wonder if Rocky and Hoilett will be training with us.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Today

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Enjoy the running in 27 degrees boys :greengrin

[Since452]

I’ve said that although it’s based off of faith that he would have come good (and the snippets we seen when it did work was enjoyable to watch) - it would be worth noting that the assessment of the Black Knights was apparently he was a very good coach let down by unsuitable players.

The fact he’s gone on to be a decent part of a coaching team that won the Europa League also adds credence to that theory.

Genuinely see it as a good coach coming to what was a basket case of a club at the time, having watched some of his CCM team play.

We’ve argued this a lot of times, let’s not again, eh? You think he was mince, I’ve based my opinion off of what I’ve seen - we’re not changing our respective minds

He's also just been emptied from two jobs in 12 months.

[stuart-farquhar]

Enjoy the running in 27 degrees boys :greengrin

It's East Mains. More like 12c lol.

[Billy Whizz]

Interesting, wonder if Rocky and Hoilett will be training with us.

The players who played for their countries have an extra week off, I know Rocky did, not sure about Junior

[JohnM1875]

The players who played for their countries have an extra week off, I know Rocky did, not sure about Junior

Right enough! Don't think Hoilett was picked for Canada's games.

[HFC93]

Interesting, wonder if Rocky and Hoilett will be training with us.

Neither of them are Hibs players so why would they?

[Centre Hawf]

I’ve said that although it’s based off of faith that he would have come good (and the snippets we seen when it did work was enjoyable to watch) - it would be worth noting that the assessment of the Black Knights was apparently he was a very good coach let down by unsuitable players.

The fact he’s gone on to be a decent part of a coaching team that won the Europa League also adds credence to that theory.

Genuinely see it as a good coach coming to what was a basket case of a club at the time, having watched some of his CCM team play.

I don't really have a problem with Montgomery the man, and I'm sure he is a good coach, but I think he was also not equipped to be a manager at a club with so much scrutiny under it. He somehow came over worse than the imperial waffler that was Lee Johnson before him in interviews and it was rabbit in the headlights stuff by the end.

His style of football was over elaborate and just didn't work at this level whatsoever. It was a repeat of the Shaun Maloney era for me in that it was wishful appointments based on some fantasy of being a sexy football team that would play the league off the park. Probably couldn't motivate anyone and players never bought into him as a result of everything.

Just a really uninspiring manager.

[Kato]

Sometimes things just don't work out.

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[04Sauzee]

Killie sign 6'7 striker Marcus Dackers on a 1 year deal.

[yerauldda]

Killie sign 6'7 striker Marcus Dackers on a 1 year deal.

1 goal in 36 for league 2 Morecambe last season..

[AlbertK86]

Let's make a Vente debate thread.

I take it there are no good transfer rumours?

Well said


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[Jones28]

Surely we can expect something to happen today.

Rocky
Hoilett
Trinatis
Vente

Porteous?
A N Other?

Malky has really screwed the lid on leaks and rumours eh? Virtually nothing floating about other than Hibs Centrals usual, stolen, made up, in the know wannabe pish.

[AlbertK86]

Neither of them are Hibs players so why would they?

Are there contracts actually up ?

Could be 30th of June ??


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[Centre Hawf]

Are there contracts actually up ?

Could be 30th of June ??


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I believe Scottish contracts tend to run until the end of May. Not a guarantee that all do but that's usually how its went in the past.

[04Sauzee]

Surely we can expect something to happen today.

Rocky
Hoilett
Trinatis
Vente

Porteous?
A N Other?

Malky has really screwed the lid on leaks and rumours eh? Virtually nothing floating about other than Hibs Centrals usual, stolen, made up, in the know wannabe pish.

Seen porteous was in Dubai playing golf, not sure if he's still away.

Have we announced anybody previously on the day we return to training? We probably have I just can't think 🤔

[HFC93]

Are there contracts actually up ?

Could be 30th of June ??


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It would be a bit odd for them to start pre-season training with Hibs even if there contracts do technically end next on the 30th.

[Cocaine&Caviar]

Surely we can expect something to happen today.

Rocky
Hoilett
Trinatis
Vente

Porteous?
A N Other?

Malky has really screwed the lid on leaks and rumours eh? Virtually nothing floating about other than Hibs Centrals usual, stolen, made up, in the know wannabe pish.

Why surely?

[04Sauzee]

Dundee United are set to sign Crawley midfielder Panutche Camara ✍️

The 28-year-old former Ipswich and Plymouth man will join Jim Goodwin’s side following his club’s relegation from League One last season ⬆️

[bingo70]

Seen porteous was in Dubai playing golf, not sure if he's still away.

Have we announced anybody previously on the day we return to training? We probably have I just can't think 🤔

I think the first day of training is usually just to do tests to see how they compare to the end of last season so we wouldn’t normally see new faces in today.

I think there may be a chance we have young guys coming in from Bournemouth or L’orient for us to have a look at, if we do, then I suspect they’ll come in next week. (Absolutely no inside info, just how I picture the group structure to work, especially with young players)

[CapitalGreen]

I think the first day of training is usually just to do tests to see how they compare to the end of last season so we wouldn’t normally see new faces in today.

I think there may be a chance we have young guys coming in from Bournemouth or L’orient for us to have a look at, if we do, then I suspect they’ll come in next week. (Absolutely no inside info, just how I picture the group structure to work, especially with young players)

I think our visit to Bournemouth may be used as an opportunity to look at how their youngsters stack up with our squad.

[Hibs90]

Are there contracts actually up ?

Could be 30th of June ??


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Their contracts ended 31st May.

[Jones28]

Why surely?

Because the players are back training today and I'd have thought Rocky and Hoilett especially must be close to making a decision, especially considering its fairly common knowledge the club want to keep them.

[Centre Hawf]

I think the first day of training is usually just to do tests to see how they compare to the end of last season so we wouldn’t normally see new faces in today.

I think there may be a chance we have young guys coming in from Bournemouth or L’orient for us to have a look at, if we do, then I suspect they’ll come in next week. (Absolutely no inside info, just how I picture the group structure to work, especially with young players)

Deals will be done when it's done in reality. If we're trying to sign a striker we're not going to rush it and pay him more than we need to or not do a medical check on the basis of "well the squad are back on Tuesday so it needs to be done on Tuesday".

[Ray_]

If McKirdy had blamed his inability to score goals on his team mates then the reaction would have been very different. The leniency and excuses made for a guy who cost a fortune baffles me.

Yet he did well enough in a league rated far higher than our own, so much so that we make a profit on the fee paid.

Have you written Amad & Mayenda off as readily as you did, Vente? Their current clubs and fans wouldn't share your view if that was the case!

[Donegal Hibby]

Killie sign 6'7 striker Marcus Dackers on a 1 year deal.

Apparently after a keeper too …

https://x.com/SportsPeteO/status/1935979247853552125

[04Sauzee]

Apparently after a keeper too …

https://x.com/SportsPeteO/status/1935979247853552125
Maybe the tide is turning for Killie

[AlbertK86]

I believe Scottish contracts tend to run until the end of May. Not a guarantee that all do but that's usually how its went in the past.

[emoji106]


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[AlbertK86]

Their contracts ended 31st May.

[emoji106]


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[PatHead]

When does our financial year finish?

[AlbertK86]

Maybe the tide is turning for Killie

[emoji23]


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[easty]

When does our financial year finish?

30th June

[One Day Soon]

Why wouldn’t he have gotten a touch all game? How did he get touches for his previous team given hanging about the box is how he played there? How did he get touches last season leading to him being one of the best strikers in a league much higher than ours given hanging about the box is how he played there?

He wouldn’t have got a touch playing that way for Hibs because we were playing Monty ball. Montgomery ruined him, as he did near enough every other player we had. He even had folk on here convinced Martin Boyle should be retiring FFS :faf:

You repeatedly go on about the fact that Gayle managed to get into the box to score this one goal against Hearts, Vente made a lung busting run from the halfway line to get into the box for a goal against Aberdeen at home. Your insinuation that he didn’t do it is laughable.

If I recall correctly, you were insistent last season that Montgomery was doing well to get what he did out our squad because you were insistent it was horrendous, yet loads of them have just taken us to third place. EVERY player underperformed last season under Montgomery who was an absolutely woeful manager, genuinely dreadful. It’s in no way a coincidence that literally every player from last seasons squad is having a better time of it this season than they were under him and his utterly rank ‘tactics’ and that even extends to guys who have went to different clubs - Maolida is outperforming Mahrez and Mane, Marcondes had a good season, Myzenda (?) who Montgomery chose not to even use has been an integral part of getting Sunderland to the EPL, Vente had a great season and then you’ve got all the guys who are here who have just had a great season.

As for your last paragraph, you were on a thread deriding people for criticising Montgomery and going on about the ‘European trophy winner’. If there’s a mystery on this board then it’s not the idea that a 16 G/A in 43 games striker was misused by a dud of a manager, it’s the bizarre backing to the hilt of our worst manager since Terry Butcher,

Ooft, is what I think I'm going to go with here.

[Thatdayinmay16]

Maybe the tide is turning for Killie

Imagine there will be a wave of emotion if he signs for them.

[eastmainsmsh]

Killie sign 6'7 striker Marcus Dackers on a 1 year deal.

Killies giant Dackers kicked Hearts Goalie right between the chakers.

[Donegal Hibby]

Maybe the tide is turning for Killie

Current signings would suggest they will be in deep trouble .

[One Day Soon]

I'm beginning to be concerned about our squad.

First European game is roughly 4 weeks away and first league game about 5. We're currently in the position where we appear to be down by Kukharevych, Triantis and Rocky (and Hoilett and Gayle) and no ready made same-standard replacements.

It is going to be far from optimal if we end up failing to hold on to these players, or failing to replace them with quality or replace them late in the window with no time to gel before we are into important matches.

[leith lynx]

Maybe the tide is turning for Killie

Will the Beach boy be good for them? God Only Knows....btw RIP Brian.

[tonyrougier123]

Will the Beach boy be good for them? God Only Knows....btw RIP Brian.

Goalie was giving off good vibrations, also they didn’t need to shell out for him.😗

[we are hibs]

Evening news saying over 1 million for Vente


Also still in talks with Rocky and Hoilett but both now free agents

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[Ronniekirk]

Anyone in the bushes at East Mains to know if we have any trialists we are running the rule over I get we’re waiting to see if Rocky Triantis and Hoilett come back on board but would of though we had something in the pipeline for launch of new strip and given we have European dates we are working towards

[CapitalGreen]

I'm beginning to be concerned about our squad.

First European game is roughly 4 weeks away and first league game about 5. We're currently in the position where we appear to be down by Kukharevych, Triantis and Rocky (and Hoilett and Gayle) and no ready made same-standard replacements.

It is going to be far from optimal if we end up failing to hold on to these players, or failing to replace them with quality or replace them late in the window with no time to gel before we are into important matches.

More or less concerned than you were at the end of January when you had your public meltdown and suggested the clubs top brass didn’t want to qualify for Europe?

[04Sauzee]

John Greechan EEN

Edinburgh side still in talks with Bushiri and Hoilett - and are searching for a new striker
Hibs will pocket over £1 million for a fringe player who had fallen out of the first-team picture under gaffer David Gray, with Dutch club Heerenveen breaking the seven-figure barrier to land Dylan Vente. The centre forward, who cost the Easter Road club in excess of £500,000 when he was recruited by Lee Johnson in the summer of 2023, is expected to complete his move within the next 48 hours.

The 26-year-old, now a full international for Suriname, was allowed to join PEC Zwolle on loan last season after Gray decided that the Dutchman didn’t fit into his plans. Vente made the most of his opportunity to play in the Eredivisie, putting up impressive numbers and earning widespread praise for his performances.

[Trinity Hibee]

I'm beginning to be concerned about our squad.

First European game is roughly 4 weeks away and first league game about 5. We're currently in the position where we appear to be down by Kukharevych, Triantis and Rocky (and Hoilett and Gayle) and no ready made same-standard replacements.

It is going to be far from optimal if we end up failing to hold on to these players, or failing to replace them with quality or replace them late in the window with no time to gel before we are into important matches.

I’d have expected Rocky and Hoilett to have signed by now if they were going to do so. I suspect they’ll be moving on. Triantis a different scenario but that could run until end of the transfer window. I’d be willing to wait for him though.

We definitely need more forwards players through the door ahead of Europe.

[Centre Hawf]

I'm beginning to be concerned about our squad.

First European game is roughly 4 weeks away and first league game about 5. We're currently in the position where we appear to be down by Kukharevych, Triantis and Rocky (and Hoilett and Gayle) and no ready made same-standard replacements.

It is going to be far from optimal if we end up failing to hold on to these players, or failing to replace them with quality or replace them late in the window with no time to gel before we are into important matches.

I think if we were to go into our game tomorrow I would agree, but as you say we have a month until our first game and a full pre-season camp between now and then.

I think the reality of the situation is that we will be looking to now replace Myko, Rocky, Gayle and imo it's incredibly likely that we'll not retain Triantis as well. Hoilett is less of a must replace because of McGrath coming in.

As far as a starting XI goes though we're not exactly short on options.

Smith/Sallinger

Cadden
Miller/O'Hora
Ekpiteta
Iredale
Cadden

Newell/Manneh/Levitt/NMW

McGrath/Campbell

Boyle/Youan
Bowie

There's definitely work to be done, most notably is to probably replace Rocky and add a striker. But beyond that I would say we still have the the makings of a team that should still compete.

[GloryGlory]

John Greechan EEN

Edinburgh side still in talks with Bushiri and Hoilett - and are searching for a new striker
Hibs will pocket over £1 million for a fringe player who had fallen out of the first-team picture under gaffer David Gray, with Dutch club Heerenveen breaking the seven-figure barrier to land Dylan Vente. The centre forward, who cost the Easter Road club in excess of £500,000 when he was recruited by Lee Johnson in the summer of 2023, is expected to complete his move within the next 48 hours.

The 26-year-old, now a full international for Suriname, was allowed to join PEC Zwolle on loan last season after Gray decided that the Dutchman didn’t fit into his plans. Vente made the most of his opportunity to play in the Eredivisie, putting up impressive numbers and earning widespread praise for his performances.

I wonder what happened to the Legia Warsaw striker Alfarela we were looking at in January? His loan in Greece ended and he's now back at Legia. Is that still an option?

[Tyler Durden]

I think if we were to go into our game tomorrow I would agree, but as you say we have a month until our first game and a full pre-season camp between now and then.

I think the reality of the situation is that we will be looking to now replace Myko, Rocky, Gayle and imo it's incredibly likely that we'll not retain Triantis as well. Hoilett is less of a must replace because of McGrath coming in.

As far as a starting XI goes though we're not exactly short on options.

Smith/Sallinger

Cadden
Miller/O'Hora
Ekpiteta
Iredale
Cadden

Newell/Manneh/Levitt/NMW

McGrath/Campbell

Boyle/Youan
Bowie

There's definitely work to be done, most notably is to probably replace Rocky and add a striker. But beyond that I would say we still have the the makings of a team that should still compete.

Arguably the best balanced/quality squad we've had at this stage of a pre-season for 20 odd years.

Definitely work to do but starting from a strong base.

[we are hibs]

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How very Hibs 2012 https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250620/028a53bbebb1e4032b97114f53925545.jpg

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Relegation fodder that.

[yerauldda]

Relegation fodder that.

There should really be some gaps forming in the league now, particularly between the top 5/6 and the bottom 6.
Dundee, Kilmarnock, Livi squads look miles off it, though Livi will be well organised. To a lesser extent Falkirk and Motherwell should also be well behind the top 5.

Dundee United are also a bit of a weird one, off the back of last season where they obviously finished 4th without every looking that impressive and they've now lost a lot of experience. St.Mirren will be decent again.

Hearts will improve, Aberdeen will be decent again, as should we. Should really be a season in which there's some daylight between Hibs, Hearts & Aberdeen and the rest.

[Northernhibee]

The guy was ****ing horrific. If you think you seen good snippets under Montgomery then you’d have seen world class snippets under Maloney and LJ.

He managed to make every player worse. That’s on him.

I suppose it all comes down to one persons judgment over another.

And one of the two of us always stuck with SDG being a good manager and never called Triantis “****ing crap”.

[04Sauzee]

EXCLUSIVE! Kevin Nisbet on Hearts transfer radar as Lawrence Shankland alternatives eyed and McInnes makes admission #HMFC

dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football…

[JohnM1875]

EXCLUSIVE! Kevin Nisbet on Hearts transfer radar as Lawrence Shankland alternatives eyed and McInnes makes admission #HMFC

dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football…

Happily take Nisbet back.

[Billy Whizz]

When does our financial year finish?

I think that’s an important point, 30th June. You have to wonder what this years accounts looks like. Do we want new transfers in the new financial year, vente sale this year

[Centre Hawf]

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If I speak...

[One Day Soon]

More or less concerned than you were at the end of January when you had your public meltdown and suggested the clubs top brass didn’t want to qualify for Europe?

I can't really be ar5ed debating the point with someone who is more interested in posting snide remarks rather than engaging with the substance of the view I was expressing then or the view I am expressing now. So crack on if it makes you feel good.

[MacGruber]

Yet he did well enough in a league rated far higher than our own, so much so that we make a profit on the fee paid.

Have you written Amad & Mayenda off as readily as you did, Vente? Their current clubs and fans wouldn't share your view if that was the case!

Genuinely can't think of who Amad is?

[B.H.F.C]

I think if we were to go into our game tomorrow I would agree, but as you say we have a month until our first game and a full pre-season camp between now and then.

I think the reality of the situation is that we will be looking to now replace Myko, Rocky, Gayle and imo it's incredibly likely that we'll not retain Triantis as well. Hoilett is less of a must replace because of McGrath coming in.

As far as a starting XI goes though we're not exactly short on options.

Smith/Sallinger

Cadden
Miller/O'Hora
Ekpiteta
Iredale
Cadden

Newell/Manneh/Levitt/NMW

McGrath/Campbell

Boyle/Youan
Bowie

There's definitely work to be done, most notably is to probably replace Rocky and add a striker. But beyond that I would say we still have the the makings of a team that should still compete.

Keep saying it but, IMO, the squad is in the best shape it’s been in at this time of the year for a long time.

We have some important positions to fill and I think that’ll be done well in time, either by a player returning or an entirely new one coming in, in plenty time for Europe. We go to Holland next weekend and I’d say it’s important that we’ve added by that point.

[GloryGlory]

Genuinely can't think of who Amad is?

Amad ou Konte? :greengrin