Black Knight FC chief Tim Bezbatchenko has run the rule over Hibs' daily operations at their East Mains Training Centre as Bill Foley firms up his influence on the club.
BKFC president Bezbatchenko - formerly general manager of MLS sides Toronto FC and Columbus Crew - spent a fact-finding week in Edinburgh, speaking to staff from boss David Gray down to the academy coaches and sharing the consortium’s own expertise on on and off field matters.
Next week marks a year since Foley’s interest in the club was first made public and the billionaire Bournemouth owner said right from the start he planned to make Hibs the undisputed third force in Scotland.
They currently sit bottom though and relations were strained earlier this season. Foley bought a 25 per cent stake after being given the green light by the SFA back in February but in July claimed his input was being ignored by the club’s majority shareholders, the Gordon family.