The Hibernians Gazette
Squad27 Aug 2035
A fracture rules Alexander Satariano out for 115 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hibernians will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout27 Aug 2035
Vitantonio Carrieri says Hibernians went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market27 Aug 2035
Timothy Grant says no to St. Andrews
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Timothy Grant had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market27 Aug 2035
André Nkong 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.
Squad27 Aug 2035
Words exchanged at Hibernians
Oliver Calland 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 2035
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Hibernians
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad27 Aug 2035
Words at Hibernians training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Halabaku is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2035
Door shut on Axel Tielemans
Hibernians asked and Hamrun Spartans 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 2035
The crowd has taken to Jacopo Fiorentino
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Market Ivan Borg steps up from the Hibernians academy
- Market Anton Bugeja steps up from the Hibernians academy
- Match Gunner Elliott sends Hibernians past Gzira United