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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Lee johnson explains hibs transfer plan to reduce the squad as quality over quantity targeted | History Defined

Lee Johnson says returning players from injury now give him a new Hibs headache.

The Hibees boss is set to have Rocky Bushiri, Kyle Magennis, Elias Melkersen and Demetri Mitchell all fit ahead of the weekend's Premiership tussle against Motherwell after their respective fitness concerns. It means he is going from having just enough options to get by to needing to trim down his Hibs team come the next couple of transfer windows.

But it's a position Johnson would rather start from than the other way around. He said: "When you get a lot of 20-25 year olds with experience, like we’ve got, it does become tricky to manage those guys. They have the experience and they have the desire and the hunger to play as well as being their agents’ golden pay cheque, so they are on the phone every five minutes.

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