Heerenveen player linked with Hibernian

[Iceman]

Does Hibernian have a new fetish for Icelandic player all of a sudden?

Translated from Icelandic newspaper article today (I apologise for my english):

Outbound Sigurdsson has several options

17 yr old midfielder Ingolfur Sigurdsson could be on his way out of dutch club Heerenveen and his next stop could be England or Scotland.

Sigurdsson joined Heerenveen from KR Reykjavik last summer but a clause in the contract enables him a window to leave the club this summer.

Having been promised first team action Sigurdsson has been mainly playing for the reserves despite training only with the first team squad. He is very highly rated and the manager has promised to give Sigurdsson a chance in some games until the end of the season.
According to Fréttablaðið sources has Ajax been in touch with Sigurdsson but he prefers to try his luck in England or Scotland. Having snubbed Man Utd and Arsenal only last year, it seems Sigurdsson made the wrong choice moving to Holland but with improved chances in the coming months he might opt to stay.

Surprisingly scottish club Hibernian could be Sigurdsson next destination following an enquiry last month but Arsenal, Reading and West Brom are also interested.

[Sylar]

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Does Hibernian have a new fetish for Icelandic player all of a sudden?
Translated from Icelandic newspaper article today:
Outbound Sigurdsson has several options
17 yr old midfielder Ingolfur Sigurdsson could be on his way out of dutch club Heerenveen and his next stop could be England or Scotland.
Sigurdsson joined Heerenveen from KR Reykjavik last summer but a clause in the contract enables him a window to leave the club this summer.
Having been promised first team action Sigurdsson has been mainly playing for the reserves despite training only with the first team squad. He is very highly rated and the manager has promised to give Sigurdsson a chance in some games until the end of the season.
According to Fréttablaðið sources has Ajax been in touch with Sigurdsson but he prefers to try his luck in England or Scotland. Having snubbed Man Utd and Arsenal only last year, it seems Sigurdsson made the wrong choice moving to Holland but with improved chances in the coming months he might opt to stay.
Surprisingly scottish club Hibernian might be Sigurdssons next destination following an enquiry last month but Arsenal, Reading and West Brown are also interested.

Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

[Godsahibby]

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Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

Palsson?

[Lendo]

Here's the wiki page for him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ing%C3%...igur%C3%B0sson

doesn't say much to be honest.

If he turns out anything like the Iceland U21's I watched at ER then I'd take him in a heart beat.

[bighairyfaeleith]

Sounds like a decent prospect, the guy from liverpool is icelandic is he not?

He might fancy coming to us as he knows he will get his chance at first team football, he won't at man utd or arsenal.

[Hamish]

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Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

cough Palsson cough

[Hibbyradge]

Palsson.

[down-the-slope]

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Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

Palsson - and we landed him so why not

[Sylar]

Is he?! Jesus, I thought he was Danish for some reason.

Where's that Homer Simpson smillie

[Hamish]

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Does Hibernian have a new fetish for Icelandic player all of a sudden?

Translated from Icelandic newspaper article today (I apologise for my english):

Outbound Sigurdsson has several options

17 yr old midfielder Ingolfur Sigurdsson could be on his way out of dutch club Heerenveen and his next stop could be England or Scotland.

Sigurdsson joined Heerenveen from KR Reykjavik last summer but a clause in the contract enables him a window to leave the club this summer.

Having been promised first team action Sigurdsson has been mainly playing for the reserves despite training only with the first team squad. He is very highly rated and the manager has promised to give Sigurdsson a chance in some games until the end of the season.
According to Fréttablaðið sources has Ajax been in touch with Sigurdsson but he prefers to try his luck in England or Scotland. Having snubbed Man Utd and Arsenal only last year, it seems Sigurdsson made the wrong choice moving to Holland but with improved chances in the coming months he might opt to stay.

Surprisingly scottish club Hibernian could be Sigurdsson next destination following an enquiry last month but Arsenal, Reading and West Brom are also interested.

Thanks Iceman, that's interesting.

[Iceman]

Sigurdsson is a left winger:

Here in action for the Heerenveen reserves against Ajax last october.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQOu7-sFLw

[Hamish]

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Sigurdsson is a left winger:

Here in action for the Heerenveen reserves against Ajax last october.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQOu7-sFLw

Looks far too good for us

[Sylar]

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Sigurdsson is a left winger:

Here in action for the Heerenveen reserves against Ajax last october.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQOu7-sFLw

That's one hell of an impressive crowd for a reserve match!

Definitely destined for a much bigger club than us - he looks a very classy player with a nice touch and ability to beat players.

[Iceman]

Footage of him playing for the Iceland u-16 as a 15 yr old against Norway in a friendly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLyG...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90p1-...eature=related

[Hal Jordan]

Nice to see the Ólafur Gottskálksson and Bjarni Lárusson links bearing fruit then

[down-the-slope]

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Thanks Iceman, that's interesting.

And no need for apologies for your English....you would make scholar level given the average use of it on here

[H18sry]

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Is he?! Jesus, I thought he was Danish for some reason.

Where's that Homer Simpson smillie

[mr mojo risin]

He looks to have pace and some skill, if he is willing to come to Hibs lets sign him. Maybe Palsson told CC about him?

[Judas Iscariot]

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Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

If you went along to ER once in a while you may have a better grasp of our players

[down-the-slope]

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He looks to have pace and some skill, if he is willing to come to Hibs lets sign him. Maybe Palsson told CC about him?

Wouldn't think so if its being quoted we enquired last month

[Duffys13]

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Firstly, which other Icelandic players do we currently have playing for us and secondly, if there are Premiership clubs like Arsenal, Reading and West Brom interested, and Man Utd were evidently interested also at some point, there's not a hope in hell he'll come to Easter Road.

What a lovely post

[Sylar]

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If you went along to ER once in a while you may have a better grasp of our players

Why, do they all wear tags around their necks stating where they're from?

[Sylar]

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What a lovely post

Am I wrong in thinking a player would opt for an English Premiership club ahead of an SPL club?

[cam75]

Being linked with a club does not mean he will go,rember Naysmith went to London few years ago,still dont think he will end up at hibs.

[Westie1875]

I suspect Palsson probably had other options when leaving Liverpool but chose Hibs as he knew he'd be given a chance in the first team, there is every possibility that this guy could do the same given the option.

[Wilson]

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Am I wrong in thinking a player would opt for an English Premiership club ahead of an SPL club?

Depends what the club is offering and what the player wants.

He could get paid well to be Ryan Giggs' boot boy's boot boy or he could come to hibs and get a game.

Either way it doesn't hurt to make him an offer.

[heretoday]

There's some handy geysers in Iceland......

[Sylar]

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Depends what the club is offering and what the player wants.

He could get paid well to be Ryan Giggs' boot boy's boot boy or he could come to hibs and get a game.

Either way it doesn't hurt to make him an offer.

A fair point, but if provincial Premiership clubs or Championship clubs are making offers to players, there's a good chance of regular team football with much better pay.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained I suppose, but as with a lot of other transfer rumours we've heard since December, "wait and see" is probably the right approach.

[JimBHibees]

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Wouldn't think so if its being quoted we enquired last month

Maybe Palsson has been lined up for a while and CC asked him about any other potential Icelandic players. Interesting we also appeared to have an ex Reading Icelandic forward on loan recently which obvioulsy didnt work out so looks like we have decent contacts in that area.

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Maybe Palsson has been lined up for a while and CC asked him about any other potential Icelandic players. Interesting we also appeared to have an ex Reading Icelandic forward on loan recently which obvioulsy didnt work out so looks like we have decent contacts in that area.

Times are tough..maybe CC plans on regularly shopping at Iceland