Josh Doig has bid farewell to Easter Street in an emotional Hibs goodbye.
The defender has formally made the transfer to Italy to affix Hellas Verona in a deal price £3million. The 20-year-old signed a contract to maintain him on the Serie A aspect till 2026, making him the most recent Scots teenager to strive his luck in Italy, after Aberdeen bought Lewis Ferguson to Bologna. Verona, managed by former Crawley City boss Gabriele Cioffi, completed ninth in Serie A final season and now the Edinburgh born participant takes on the duty to assist the aspect within the upcoming season.
Doig has loved 78 outings for Hibs in complete indicators signing from metropolis rivals Hearts in 2019. He went on to spent the 2019/20 marketing campaign on mortgage at Queens Park earlier than returning to Easter Street to actually kick off his Hibs profession throughout the next season, making his first crew debut in August 2020 throughout a 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock. His breakthrough season in Leith noticed him named SFWA's Younger Participant of the Yr earlier than penning a long run take care of the membership.
However his time in Edinburgh is over, for now, as he makes the transfer to Verona in time for the upcoming marketing campaign. Regardless of the celebrations, the stopper is feeling fairly emotional on the considered leaving Hibs behind.
Talking to Hibs TV earlier than departing Easter Street, he stated: "I am a bit emotional to be truthful. Clearly I've been right here fairly a little bit of time now and I've completely liked it, that is my residence. So to suppose if leaving now it's positively emotional.
"There's a little bit of nervous power there as properly, it is a huge transfer. Not simply soccer clever however way of life clever as properly. Shifting over there it is a large leap however I feel the one means you may actually enhance your self is leaving that consolation zone and I feel I'll positively be doing that. However hopefully in the long term it's the finest resolution."
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