Official Site: EFE AMBROSE DEPARTURE CONFIRMED

**~~The 90+2~~** · 04-01-2019 11:43 AM

Please please be some kind of forward thinking back up plan. Good luck to the stroller.

**~~calumhibee1~~** · 04-01-2019 11:44 AM

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The way we are atm there’s a good chance he’ll still be our POTY come May.

I don’t care what happens in the second half of the season, he’s getting my vote. Absolute shegger.

**~~Tornadoes70~~** · 04-01-2019 11:44 AM

Not going to join the love in as he's bolted at the first opportunity he could mid season right after a derby defeat as well. Don't wish him ill but not interested in him any longer.

Let's hope Lenny can bring in some decent players in the transfer window.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

**makaveli1875** · 04-01-2019 11:45 AM

We were lucky to get him in his prime and he took a big drop in wages to come here . This is his last shot at a big payday and he's right to take it . All the best big man , best goal celebration iv seen at ER

***Bishop Hibee*** · 04-01-2019 11:46 AM

Big loss. Great player who was consistent and never injured. Good luck to him.

***Sean1875*** · 04-01-2019 11:51 AM

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***Keith_M*** · 04-01-2019 11:56 AM

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Not going to join the love in as he's bolted at the first opportunity he could mid season right after a derby defeat as well. Don't wish him ill but not interested in him any longer.

Let's hope Lenny can bring in some decent players in the transfer window.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

That's kind of where I am as well.

He's undoubtedly a good player, and I've loved watching him, but to leave just now is great for him... but not so much for us.

***Oscar T Grouch*** · 04-01-2019 11:58 AM

Genuinely gutted with this news. I am happy I had the pleasure of watching Efe in a Hibs shirt. I wish him all the best for the rest of his career, hope he finds a good club to shine at. Should be an interesting window, but given how good Efe was for us I cannot see us signing another defender of his quality, not unless we have found a generous billionaire in the last couple of days.

**mentalhibee** · 04-01-2019 11:58 AM

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Not going to join the love in as he's bolted at the first opportunity he could mid season right after a derby defeat as well. Don't wish him ill but not interested in him any longer.

Let's hope Lenny can bring in some decent players in the transfer window.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

Hibs should have paid him what he was worth and we wouldn’t have had to put such a clause in his contract.

***CockneyRebel*** · 04-01-2019 12:00 PM

So sorry to see him go he has been good for us but also we have been good for him and he could/should have seen out the season no?

**Pretty Boy** · 04-01-2019 12:03 PM

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Hibs should have paid him what he was worth and we wouldn’t have had to put such a clause in his contract.

Tbf if the rumours of Cardiff being interested are true he's probably 'worth' £20K+ a week. We can't compete with that.

We've had 2 years, 18 month of ownership, from a guy who has probably taken a significant wage drop to come to us even at the top end of our scale.

**~~Tornadoes70~~** · 04-01-2019 12:03 PM

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That's kind of where I am as well.

He's undoubtedly a good player, and I've loved watching him, but to leave just now is great for him... but not so much for us.

**Sir David Gray** · 04-01-2019 12:04 PM

Massive loss to the club and I can only hope that there's a quality replacement lined up as they're big shoes to fill.

**hibIBZ** · 04-01-2019 12:07 PM

Big loss but good luck to him, always tried his best and provides great entertainment at times. huge now for porteous to step up. I would think this will free up quite a bit in wages as I am assuming he was our highest earner or certainly one of the highest

**~~calumhibee1~~** · 04-01-2019 12:12 PM

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**SaulGoodman** · 04-01-2019 12:15 PM

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Could watch that all day

**ThomasAgyepong** · 04-01-2019 12:16 PM

Brilliant. Only gone and lost our technically best footballer. Now we have to bring in another centre-back, 2 midfielders and at least 1 striker. What do I expect Hibs to bring in? Another 3 Emerson Hyndman’s. Great if Gauld signs but we still have a lot of rebuilding to do.

***LeithMike*** · 04-01-2019 12:16 PM

Brilliant defender for Hibs and played without fear. On his day (and there were many, many of these occasions) he was a class above our opponents. Hope we can find someone of similar class but with Paul, Darren and Ryan in central defence I'd prefer us to put everything into getting a central midfielder who is a standout.

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***jacomo*** · 04-01-2019 12:21 PM

Gutted, great player and loved watching him in a Hibs shirt.

For all of you acting like jilted lovers... he is likely to sign a contract worth many multiples of his deal with Hibs. In fact his contract at Hibs will have been much, much lower than the one he had at Celtc.

Circumstances meant we enjoyed a great player for two seasons. Better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all...

***bigwheel*** · 04-01-2019 12:22 PM

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Gutted, great player and loved watching him in a Hibs shirt.

For all of you acting like jilted lovers... he is likely to sign a contract worth many multiples of his deal with Hibs. In fact his contract at Hibs will have been much, much lower than the one he had at Celtc.

Circumstances meant we enjoyed a great player for two seasons. Better to have lived and lost, than never loved at all...

***BlackSheep*** · 04-01-2019 12:23 PM

I'm also in the camp of thanks Efe, but a bit annoyed at the timing and the way in which he has gone.

He left Celtic with a reasonably terrible reputation for making mistakes and under Lennon at Hibs he has shown many of those critics just how good he is.

He was always here for the short term to help him get his citizenship, but to leave on a free is a right gut punch IMHO.

Good luck to him, I hope he gets the move he wants and deserves...

**NAE NOOKIE** · 04-01-2019 12:28 PM

What a blow this is …. He still had the odd mistake in him, but what an exciting player to watch he was for a centre half. You cant blame him for looking for the big bucks at this stage of his career and for the folk saying he should have stayed, bollox, we were lucky to have him for as long as we did.

Say he is on 3 grand a week at Hibs, 4 with bonuses maybe and he is offered 20K a week elsewhere tomorrow… between now and the start of July he would be giving up around £400,000 just to show his 'gratitude' to Hibs ….. deh think sae.

***neil7908*** · 04-01-2019 12:30 PM

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I'm also in the camp of thanks Efe, but a bit annoyed at the timing and the way in which he has gone.

He left Celtic with a reasonably terrible reputation for making mistakes and under Lennon at Hibs he has shown many of those critics just how good he is.

He was always here for the short term to help him get his citizenship, but to leave on a free is a right gut punch IMHO.

Good luck to him, I hope he gets the move he wants and deserves...

Ultimately both him and the club agreed this deal so I don't think it's fair to blamed him. If we weren't happy then we shouldn't have included it in the agreement.

Given its probably his last big contract and the wages he'll get elsewhere I find it hard to be too critical.

He's not a Hibs fan, he's a professional and on the balance of things we were lucky to have him. Even when he joined a lot of the chat was him only staying for 6-12 months.

**Waxy** · 04-01-2019 12:55 PM

This will be the first time a player has won player of the year after half a season. Good luck EA.

**~~Tornadoes70~~** · 04-01-2019 01:03 PM

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Gutted, great player and loved watching him in a Hibs shirt.

For all of you acting like jilted lovers... he is likely to sign a contract worth many multiples of his deal with Hibs. In fact his contract at Hibs will have been much, much lower than the one he had at Celtc.

Circumstances meant we enjoyed a great player for two seasons. Better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all...

Pathetic.

Just care about the future of our club and players who bolt mid season just after a derby loss are no great loss to me. No 'jilted lover' here. He only really showed what he was all about more towards the end of his contract when he was in the shop window in my opinion.

Move on, he's gone. Let's look to the future of signing decent players who actually want to be at Hibernian.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

**bodhibs** · 04-01-2019 01:11 PM

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Just watched that about 20 times.

Sums up his play the vast majority of his time at Hibs, a couple of class touches then finds feet. Gutted he's away

**Scotty Leither** · 04-01-2019 01:18 PM

If, according to the website the club had offered him an improved contract (to one of our already highest paid players) then let's hope there's significant monies to bring in Allan, Gauld, and another starting player up front.

I take it somebody's staying at home to pursue deals while we're in Dubai?

***superfurryhibby*** · 04-01-2019 02:02 PM

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Hibs should have paid him what he was worth and we wouldn’t have had to put such a clause in his contract.

See below.

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Tbf if the rumours of Cardiff being interested are true he's probably 'worth' £20K+ a week. We can't compete with that.

We've had 2 years, 18 month of ownership, from a guy who has probably taken a significant wage drop to come to us even at the top end of our scale.

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Pathetic.

Just care about the future of our club and players who bolt mid season just after a derby loss are no great loss to me. No 'jilted lover' here. He only really showed what he was all about more towards the end of his contract when he was in the shop window in my opinion.

Move on, he's gone. Let's look to the future of signing decent players who actually want to be at Hibernian.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

Can't agree with this. Efe has been consistently good since he joined us, maybe the lack of quality around him has brought his own skills into greater focus, but he's always shown us what he's about.