Hibs kid Sean Welsh signs new deal

Last updated : 06 June 2011 By Steve Forbes

Hibs have today revealed that young midfielder Sean Welsh has signed a new deal with the club.

The former Hibs U19 captain, who was part of the treble winning U19 side of 2009, has earned himself a new deal, whilst impressing on loan with Stirling Albion last season.

Welsh, 21, has struggled with injuries for a number of years now, a double leg break, a broken ankle and THREE cartilage operations on his left knee to name a few.

Hibs boss Colin Calderwood has been impressed with the youngsters attitude while with the Binos last season, and has given him another 1-year-deal to prove himself at Easter Road.

Welsh was delighted to sign the deal, he said:

"I reckon that because of all the injuries I am 18 months behind where I would like to have been by this time.I've had a bad time, I haven't had the best of luck but that's football and I just have to get on with it. Of course, every time I've had an injury I've feared the worst but I've kept my head down, worked hard to come back from each of them and I've got the reward with another year to get myself into the team.

"I broke my leg at 14, my foot towards the end of the season when the Under-19s did so well and I was captain and then I had three operations on my knee. Last summer I worked really hard and then in the very first training session in Holland my knee went again

"But I went to Stirling, played 17 matches which was good for me and proved my knee is holding up. As a boy from Lochend and a Hibs fan all my life my dream has been to pull on a jersey for the first team and that dream is still very much alive.

"It's been great to see guys like Paul, David and Callum, who I played with, come through and establish themselves in the first team. Now I hope I get my chance to follow them."

Hopefully this lad has put his injury nightmare behind him, and we get to see the player that people have been raving about for a number of years now.