Goalkeeper was expected to leave club in summer
Marsh can still be Hibs number one, says Gray
Hibs boss David Gray believes former Scotland keeper David Marshall is ‘more than capable’ of playing on next season. And the interim head coach says the final decision on what happens next will be down to the veteran goalie himself.
Marshall – who remained unavailable through injury for yesterday’s 1-1 draw with Livingston in the final Premiership game of the season, replaced by Jojo Wollacott – is out of contract this summer.
The fact that Hibs haven’t announced a new contract for the experienced number one is being widely interpreted as evidence that the 39-year-old will at least be moving on – and possibly even retiring altogether – now that Hibs’ horribly disappointing season is finally over.
Gray, just a few days into his fourth stint as caretaker after stepping in to cover for the departed Nick Montgomery, said everyone at Easter Road and East Mains understands just how important Marshall has been for Hibs, the former captain saying: “Marsh will be in a similar situation, waiting to find out what’s happening moving forward.
"Ultimately what he wants to do… that’s a question for Marsh. He has had a fantastic career and he’s still more than capable of playing. You can’t have enough people like that in your dressing room. The level he’s played at, how calming he is.
"I’d have loved to have played in front of him, just with how he is every day in training, and also that calmness.
“In the chaos, when you need someone to calm things down, he has that wealth of experience.
"You don’t play the number of games and at the level he has without that.”