Hibs complete signing of former Celtic and Everton winger Aiden McGeady

The 36-year-old has agreed to join the Easter Road club after leaving newly-promoted Championship side Sunderland earlier this summer following a five-year stint on Wearside.

It’s a reunion for the player and new Hibs boss Lee Johnson, who was McGeady’s manager for 13 months at the Stadium of Light.

The attacker becomes Hibs’ eighth signing of the summer window (most in the cinch Premiership thus far) as Johnson looks to rebuild the squad in his own image after succeeding Shaun Maloney.

As the Evening News reported on Thursday evening, Hibs were keen to get the deal done in time so McGeady could fly out with the rest of the squad for their pre-season training camp in Portugal on Sunday morning. After the player successfully passed a medical it was just a case of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.

McGeady has enjoyed an illustrious career which started with Celtic after he came through the youth ranks in 2004. He made over 250 appearances for the Hoops, winning four league titles and three cups before moving to Spartak Moscow for a £9.5 million fee.

After three-and-a-half years in Russia he moved to Everton in January 2014. He would fail to hold down a regular place at Goodison, going on loan to Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End before joining Sunderland in 2017.

He joins Nohan Kenneh, David Marshall, Lewis Miller, Jair Tavares and Momodou Bojang in signing up for Johnson’s Leith revolution this transfer window, while Ewan Henderson and Rocky Bushiri also signed permanent deals after loan spells last season.