I think Hibs are really starting to highlight why we need to really start investing in our youth setup and scouting at Pittodrie. No more of these excuses about the Bosman ruling meaning we can't make profit from producing talented youngsters anymore.
In the last few seasons Hibs have sold:
Thomson 2million
Brown 4.5million
O'Connor 1.6million
Turned down (either by club or player):
Sproule 1million
Riordan 500k
That's 8.1million they have raked in and moving nearer 10million had they punted Sproule and Riordan. This is only gonna go even higher in the summer when they lose Whittaker.
Sure they have indeed lost a few decent players on Bosman rulings in the case of Riordan, Murray and Caldwell, but hey, does anybody see the resemblence in the 10million figure they are close to taking in as transfer fees and the amount of debt we have? I would quite happily become a selling club for a few years if it eradicated our debt and the club started producing the sort of youngsters we used to be famous for even when we were shite a la Booth, Jess etc.