Steven Bradley has left Hibs to join Premiership rivals Livingston.
The 20-year-old winger has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal at the Tony Macaroni Arena and will wear the No16 jersey after impressing for David Martindale's side during their training camp in Turkey last week. He netted in both matches against FK Liepāja and Fortuna Sittard as the Lions lifted the Titanic Cup.
On completing the deal, the Lions boss said: “Firstly, I would like to go on record thanking Hibernian for allowing the player the opportunity to join us here at Livingston. I’m delighted to get Steven over the line. He has been training with me for the last week or so and again a huge thank you to all at Hibs for allowing that to happen.
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“Steven is at an age where I felt we were a little light in terms of quality and age profile. He has done extremely well in training and during the game time we afforded to him over the last week or so. I think we can help him reach the obvious potential he has.
“He has a fantastic left foot and has an eye for a goal and comfortable in 1 v 1 situations – there’s a lot to like about him.
“He now has the opportunity to play premiership football and from what I have seen over the last week, he will become a very important member of our first-team team squad here. He has fitted in very well with the group and I am really looking forward to working with Steven and hopefully see him push for a starting position in the coming weeks and months.”
A Hibs club statement read: "We can confirm that Steven Bradley has joined cinch Premiership side Livingston on a permanent transfer. The terms of the 20-year-old’s departure will remain undisclosed.
"The winger joined Hibs in the summer of 2019 from Queen’s Park before making his league debut for the Club in December 2020 against Hamilton Academical.
"Alongside loan spells at both Ayr United and Dundalk, Bradley made five appearances for Hibs, the last coming in January in a 2-0 defeat to Celtic."
Lee Johnson commented: “This is a good opportunity for Steven to kick start his senior career after a good spell in Ireland. We wish him all the best for the future.”
Bradley will continue to train with Livingston before officially joining on 1 January, 2023.
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