Sylvester Jasper: Early days but youngster can help fill the Martin Boyle void for Hibs

But instead of battling the elements and the North Sea spray, he is basking in 20° heat and helping Al-Faisaly out of the Saudi Premier League relegation zone.

Meanwhile his replacement, of sorts, Sylvester Jasper was handed his first start in the driving rain on a grey Sunday lunchtime in Angus.

Signed at the last possible moment in the January transfer window from Fulham, Bulgarian Under-21 cap Jasper was given his first taste of Scottish Premiership football in the 1-0 defeat by St Mirren before an earlier-than-expected introduction against Rangers at Ibrox as he replaced the injured Paul McGinn after 12 minutes.

During his 99 combined minutes of league action Jasper has shown glimpses of why Hibs worked so hard to bring him in before the deadline.

Against St Mirren there were darting runs in the final third and movement into pockets of space. In Govan he had a late curling shot from outside the area that had Allan McGregor scrambling to tip it over, and his pace caused Borna Barisic countless problems at left-back.

His 65 minutes against Arbroath yielded neither goal nor assist but he put in a lively display and can be happy with his contribution.

Jasper is an exciting player who, despite limited gametime so far, is showing no signs of struggling with the step up from England’s fourth tier to the Scottish top flight. There are obvious comparisons to be made between Chris Mueller and Boyle but in Jasper Hibs may just have unearthed an attacker who can replicate one part of the Australian internationalist’s game: striking fear into defenders.

While Boyle was a threat with the ball on the wing or in front of goal, he also had a knack of putting the frighteners on full-backs tasked with stopping him en route to goal.