Moroccan forward Farid El Alagui has today admitted his Hibs career is over, after a horrendous run of injury since joining the club two years ago.
The 30-year-old, who played his last game for the Hibees as a sub (but was then subbed due to injury) in the Scottish Cup Semi Final win over Dundee Utd at Hampden.
El Alagui, picked up a horrible achilles injury, on Alloa's plastic pitch, not long after arriving at Easter Road, following a spell in England with Brentford, and a short loan with Dundee Utd.
Hibs signed the former Falkirk goal machine on a two-year-deal, but he only managed 15 games, and 7 goals, with 2 against Hearts for good measure.
Speaking to the Edinburgh Evening News, El Alagui revealed he hopes to stay in Scotland, and wished he could have done more for Hibs.
He said:
“I’ve got mixed feelings when I look back on my time at Hibs.
“I was happy to be there at this stage in my career and it was a great place to be under Alan Stubbs but the big frustration was that I was not able to produce for a long period of time because of injuries. I feel like I did well when I played. I was feeling fine when I was fit and involved, especially when I first signed. I regret my injuries but I definitely don’t regret going to Hibs. I just feel, obviously, that I could have done so much more.
“I eventually started to feel really good from January onwards – that was as good as I’d felt for a long time. I was training a lot but I just couldn’t get a rhythm of games. It was on-off, on-off, so when I did come on I kept getting niggles. I started against Livingston in April then felt something in my hamstring which wasn’t related to my Achilles problem. We took a little risk to come back for the Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United a couple of weeks after that, but it unfortunately it didn’t work. I felt my hamstring again and that turned out to be my last game for Hibs.”
The first of an expected few out the door, good luck in the future Farid.