'Top professional' Hoilett agrees new deal at Hibs

Junior Hoilett volition proceed to bring "composure, calmness and existent quality" to Hibernian aft signing a caller 12-month woody astatine Hibernian, says caput manager David Gray.

The 35-year-old Canada planetary joined the Edinburgh nine arsenic a escaped cause past summertime and went connected to people 4 goals and supply 5 assists successful 30 appearances.

The erstwhile Queens Park Rangers and Cardiff City winger has present joined the squad astatine their grooming campy successful the Netherlands.

"He played an important relation for america past play some connected and disconnected the pitch," Gray told nine media.

"As a player, helium provides america with existent quality, composure and calmness. As a person, he's superb with the lads successful the dressing room. He's a relation exemplary for the younger players and is ever consenting to stock his experiences and expertise with his team-mates."

Hoilett, who had a little spell with Scottish Premiership rivals Aberdeen successful the 2nd fractional of the 2023-24 season, was described arsenic "a apical professional" by Easter Road sporting manager Malky Mackay.

"We wanted to springiness Junior arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable to marque a determination connected his aboriginal owed to his ain idiosyncratic circumstances," Mackay added. "Junior is simply a existent household man, and we wanted to marque definite that not lone him, but his household were settled and comfy arsenic well.

"As good arsenic being a apical professional, he's a truly bully idiosyncratic and his relation wrong our squad past twelvemonth can't beryllium understated. He made a affirmative quality to our squad connected the transportation and our squad disconnected it."