“Actual chief” and “position mannequin” Rocky Bushiri has agreed a brand new three-year deal at Hibernian following the expiration of his earlier contract.
The Easter Street membership say “plenty of groups had been ” within the 25-year-old DR Congo worldwide, who has been in Edinburgh since January 2022.
“Rocky performed an enormous half in our success final season not solely on the pitch however off it within the dressing room too,” mentioned head coach David Grey.
“As a personality, he is an ideal position mannequin; he all the time works as onerous as he can, is persistently attempting to push himself, and he is an actual chief.
“As a participant, it was clear to see we noticed the perfect of him final season. He has the right bodily attributes for Scottish soccer and was rising in confidence and creating week on week.”
Bushiri has made 105 appearances for Hibs since his arrival from Norwich Metropolis. He scored 4 targets in 36 video games final season as Grey’s facet completed third within the Premiership.
“Unsurprisingly, there have been plenty of groups eager about Rocky this summer time, so we’re actually happy he noticed his future with us,” added sporting director Malky Mackay.
“We need to hold good folks and good gamers on the membership, and Rocky is each of these. He is a frontrunner within the dressing room, cares about his teammates, and cares concerning the membership.
“He has nice ambitions shifting ahead and a deep want to play for DR Congo, and we need to assist him obtain these.”
