The Hibernians Gazette
Squad27 Aug 2029
Fabian Xerri damages knee ligaments — 23 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 23 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market27 Aug 2029
Terms done: Jesús Yépez is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Floriana waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Hibernians is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
Fee done, terms next for Matthew Guillaumier
Hibernians and Hamrun Spartans have settled on $460.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market27 Aug 2029
Gean Junior hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hibernians can pretend not to have heard.
Market27 Aug 2029
Eyes on Matteo Cardinali again
The phone has started ringing about Matteo Cardinali again, and this time the name on the line is Floriana. Hibernians are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Hibernians
Kevin Halabaku and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
Graduation day at Hibernians
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
Door shut on Patrick Schmidt
Hibernians asked and Tarxien Rainbows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces27 Aug 2029
One of their own: Nhlanhla Gasa
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Timothy Pace joins the Hibernians first team
- Squad Words at Hibernians training over how hard people work
- Boardroom A promise the Hibernians board did not keep