Hibs outcast Elias Melkersen insists his league goal drought was because of a lack of chances created for him at the Easter Road club.
The Norwegian striker completed a loan move to the Netherlands this week with Sparta Rotterdam, who will have to stump up £1million to land the 20-year-old if they make the switch permanent. Since signing from Bodo-Glimt a year ago, Melkersen failed to score a single goal in 23 Hibs league games with 12 of those as a starter. He did manage to score two in the Scottish Cup against Motherwell and one in the League Cup against Clyde.
And he reckons his lack of goal could be put down to being starved of service, after being unveiled at the ambitious Rotterdam club who are sixth in the Eredivisie. Melkersen said: "The Scottish league is very tough physically. There's a lot of intensity and I think I have toughened up playing there.
