He was the man that helped Jason Cummings reinvent his playing career Down Under. Now Nick Montgomery has revealed the former Hibee helped HIM take the chance to move his career onto a new level in Leith.
Montgomery rolled into town as the new boss at Easter Road yesterday after a sensational season in which he led Central Coast Mariners to the Australian title.
The 41-year-old has been lauded for the man management style that turned a side assembled on the lowest budget in the A-League into Aussie champions.
It’s a feat which means his stock couldn’t have been any higher when Hibs came calling two weeks ago. No character in that Mariners squad better demonstrates the 41-year-old’s ability to transform the fortunes of misfiring players than Cummings.