Top play-off performers could earn Hibs recalls this summer
Hibs boss Nick Montgomery is keeping a close eye on the young Easter Road prospects currently battling to win Airdrie a place in the Scottish Premiership. And he’s looking forward to seeing the very best of his club’s loaned-out talent back at East Mains for pre-season.
Particularly impressed with right back Kanayo Megwa’s performances in the play-offs, helping Airdrie to a 2-2 draw with Partick in this week’s first leg, Monty will be tuning into tomorrow’s decisive second leg. Although striker Josh O’Connor didn’t feature in the first match, midfielder Murray Aiken was on the bench against Thistle after recovering from a long-term injury.
Montgomery, who remains keen to offload a large number of the 18 Hibs players currently out on loan, said: “Kanayo has been back at the club, so I can talk about him more, having seen him in training. I think he’s developed a lot over the last 12 months.
“Out on loan with Airdrie, he’s done really well and been consistent during the spell. It’s great to see him and Josh in the play-offs. Hopefully that ends in success. Decisions will then be made on all the players out on loan, coming back at the end of the season.
“Josh has got good attributes. He’s very quick. I suppose he would have wanted to play more this season, because the one thing you need as a young player is to play regular football. That’s something that will be discussed internally on the football review for players coming back from loan spells, what the future looks like for them.”
One thing’s for sure, a massive summer rebuild will require a close-season clear-out.