Bevan leaves Hibs without any action but door will stay open
Nick Montgomery remains open to bringing Owen Bevan back to Hibs next season, even though the defender has had his loan deal from Bournemouth prematurely ended by injury.
The 20-year-old centreback signed for the Edinburgh club at the end of the January transfer window and was due to join up with Hibs on February 5 following a period on the sidelines. However, it emerged yesteray that Bevan, who did not get a chance to play for the cinch Premiership side, aggravated a thigh problem and is facing a further few months out of action. He will remain with Bournemouth for the remainder of the campaign.
“Owen was about to come and join us, but he re-injured the quad muscle he was rehabbing so unfortunately that could be an eight to 12-week injury,” explained Hibs boss Montgomery. “He’ll go back to Bournemouth which is unfortunate for him because he’s a good young player who I was looking forward to bringing in. But with the squad the way it is now, we’ve got a lot of strength in depth, with Rocky Bushiri coming back [from the Africa Cup of Nations] last week. He’s had his first full week of training so we’re in a good place in terms of the squad.”
Hibs are in the process of finalising a tie-up with Bournemouth and Montgomery remains hopeful that Bevan
will get a chance to play for his team next term. “Yes, he’s a player we’re definitely keen on bringing to the club so we’ll just monitor that situation,” he said.
Seventh-placed
Hibs have a chance to enhance their top-six prospects when they host a sixth-placed Dundee side who are currently five points ahead of them. Montgomery knows his team, who have failed to win any of their last eight league matches, need to starting posting victories.
“There’s eight games until the split so we know this is a really important game,” he