Nick Montgomery roars he's at Hibs for the long haul as new boss salutes trailblazing Ange Postecoglou

Nick Montgomery praised Ange Postecoglou for opening the door to the footballing world for A-League bosses as he swept into the hotseat at Hibs last night.

The Englishman has signed a three-year deal in Leith and insists he’s here for the long haul as he set his sights on bringing success back to the club after leading unfancied Central Coast Mariners to a stunning title victory down under last season. As revealed by Record Sport two weeks ago the 41-year-old was Hibs’ top target to replace axed Lee Johnson.

And he has brought his trusted assistant Sergio Raimundo and goalkeeping coach Miguel de Oliveira Miranda to Scotland while Hibees legend David Gray will remain a key part of the new management team.

Speaking for first time as Hibs boss on Monday, Montgomery admitted Postecoglou’s two titles with Celtic and success with Yokohama Marinos in Japan following spells in charge at Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar as well as the Socceroos national team has helped shine a light on A-League bosses.

He said: “Definitely. The negativity when Ange came over to Scotland, he quashed that pretty quickly. Ange is a good guy and I saw the work he did in the A-League in terms of the success he had there and in Japan.

“He is Australian but I’m from Leeds originally. I’m English and I have been in Australia so I saw how good it was for Australian football and he gets a lot of support over there. You see the support he is getting at Tottenham now is well deserved because he has done very well everywhere he’s been.

“He has had success everywhere he’s been and I have seen him closely. I have played against his teams when I first went out there but I have never coached against him because he had already moved over to Japan. But I’ve