Teenage striker Oli Shaw has signed a new three-year contract with Hibs.
The 19-year-old has made 14 appearances in the first-team this season, scoring goals against Celtic (twice), Ross County and Kilmarnock.
Shaw told Hibernian Media: “I’m delighted to have signed and committed my future here at Hibs. It’s a massive club with great staff and a great manager and I am looking forward to continuing working and developing here.
“My goal is to play first-team football regularly here and to hopefully continue scoring goals.
“I’ve had a wee sniff of it recently, so I’m looking forward to getting back at it after the break and hopefully continuing with that.”
Neil said that it was pleasing to have signed Oli on an extended deal, especially as he feels that he has a bright future in football.
The Head Coach has been impressed with his attitude in training and in matches this season, and also praised the staff within the Hibernian Academy for developing Oli and ensuring his readiness for first-team football at the Club.
He commented: “I am delighted that we have signed Oli on a new deal for the next three years.
“There is a maturity about his play for someone so young, but a rawness as well which makes him difficult to play against. He is a real talent, that’s for sure.
“His performances this season, especially last month, have really impressed me and his goals have been fantastic and shown a lot of the different aspects of the talent he possesses.
“He’s a good kid with a bright future ahead of him if he continues to work as hard in training and in games as he has done so far this season.
“To have Oli, as well as Ryan and Fraser, come into the first-team squad so seamlessly speaks volumes of the work that Eddie May and the rest of the Academy staff have been doing over the past few years. Long may that continue.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
