Bristol City to bid for Hibs winger Ivan Sproule????

Bristol City after Hibs wing king????

New reports this afternoon suggest that Hibs winger Ivan Sproule could be on the verge of a move to English Championship side Bristol City.

Sproule, 26, is thought to be the subject of a bid of £250,000 from Bristol manager Gary Johnson, who is looking to add to his options up front after the Robins gained promotion to the Championship.

According to a Bristol City "insider" the move is almost complete. The insider told the Edinburgh Evening News:

"Bristol rate Sproule quite highly, he is one of the main targets and it looks like they are close to completing a deal."

Sproule moved to Hibs for just £5,000 from Northern Ireland amateurs Institute and burst on to the scene in Scotland after his 23 minute hat-trick at Ibrox against Rangers after coming off the bench with the game locked at 0-0.

He has gone on to become a hero amongst the Hibs support and the news that Sproule could be about to depart Easter Road, could cause a fan revolt after the recent departures of Scott Brown, Kevin Thomson, Chris Killen and Michael Stewart.

Also add to that, that Sproule is worth a lot more than £250,000, remember Hibs turned down a bid of £1m from an unnamed Ukrainian side when we faced Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Uefa Cup back in 2005. Although it's thought it was Shakhtar Donetsk who bidded £1m and NOT Dnipro, as was reported at the time.

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Bristol City to bid for Hibs winger Ivan Sproule????

Last updated : 19 June 2007 By Steve Forbes