Steve Kean says UEFA Youth League experience is helping build his young Hibs side towards a place at senior level.
The young Hibees are over in France to take on Nantes in the second leg of their second round tie, which they take a 1-0 lead into after a narrow win at Easter Road. Victory would set up a clash with one of Europe's elite clubs but academy director Kean is looking at the bigger picture of it getting them closer to first-team manager Lee Johnson's plans.
Youngster Murray Aiken was on the Hibs bench in the weekend's Easter Road win over St Mirren and the club's youth chief hopes more can mould themselves like Ryan Porteous by going from talented prospect to senior regular. Kean said: "We want to try and win competitions and we want to win tomorrow night - but our job is to produce. The manager put Murray on the bench and he was probably unfortunate not to get on.
