Ben Kensell insists he was pleased that Hibs sold Kevin Nisbet to Millwall as it allowed them to fund several new faces this summer.
The Hibees top scorer joined the English Championship club earlier this month for a deal that could be worth up to £2.2million. Nisbet knocked back a move to south London back in January, despite travelling down for talks with the Lions. However, the deal for the capital club’s top scorer was done at the second time of asking. And Hibs responded by adding 36-year-old former Reading striker Adam Le Fondre to their squad.
He joins Elie Youan, whose loan from St Gallen was made permanent, along with former Wycombe left back Jordan Obita and Ghanaian international goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott. “It was pleasing to get the deal done for Nizzy, because that freed us up to bring in more players that we wanted to,” said Kensell. “There’s more work to be done on that front as it’s still June.
