No future worries for Benjelloun

Last updated : 12 March 2010 By Team Talk

But he said: "I never worry, never worry in football.

"Because if you play football, you get a chance to play anywhere.

"But, like I've said before, I want always to be here because I like the club, I like the fans, I like my colleagues."

The Morocco international is free to sign a pre-contract with another club but claims he is unaware of his agent receiving any offers, adding: "If I have something, sure I will tell you."

Benjelloun's days at Hibs looked numbered before John Hughes became manager last summer, with former boss Mixu Paatelainen trying to offload him without success.

But under Hughes, the forward has played a significant part in the club's push for third place in the Scottish Premier League.

An early substitute, he could have been the matchwinner against Kilmarnock on Saturday but he missed a second-half penalty before Derek Riordan spared his blushes with a trademark free-kick to seal a 1-0 win.

"That's Derek's speciality," said Benjelloun.

"He knows what he's going to do and he took a free-kick into the top corner and gave us three points.

"Only Derek can score that goal."

Benjelloun blamed everything from the referee not allowing him to catch his breath, to the "horrendous" Easter Road pitch, to fellow Moroccan Mehdi Taouil telling Killie team-mate Lee Robinson which way to dive for his penalty miss.

"Maybe if it was 0-0, I'd be more disappointed," said Benjelloun, who was relieved Hibs' five-match winless run was finally at an end.

Their worst sequence of results under Hughes saw them surrender third place to Dundee United, a position they reclaimed yesterday ahead of the Tangerines' game against Hearts this afternoon.

Benjelloun said: "Five games, no win. So it was very important to get three points, to stick to Dundee United and go away from Motherwell.

"We had a bad time in the last five games.

"It's good for us to come back and fight.

"I think the season starts for us from today.

"Before the game, everybody said if we want to play in Europe, we have to start from today."

 

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Source: Team Talk

Source: Team Talk