Hibernian FC is ready to keep Ghana international Thomas Agyepong despite his injury worries, reveals manager Neil Lennon.
The skilful winger has failed to find his feet at the Easter Road Stadium following a series of injuries since joining them from English Premier League champions Manchester City.
The 22-year-old was expected to return to Man City in January, however, his boss Neil Lennon has disclosed that the Hibs have begun talks with the Citizens, as they want to keep him beyond January.
“Agyepong has had a scan and he may miss December,” said the manager.
“We’re speaking to Man City on his situation at the minute. We’d like to keep him, obviously, but his contribution has been minimal due to injuries, so it’s something we’re speaking to Man City over."
“He’s contracted to January and we have an option, so we’re talking about that at the minute. I like him, but we need him on the pitch. “
“We’ve missed him. We’ve got Martin Boyle on one side and Daryl Horgan’s done his bit, but we’ve missed his extra bit of pace that we had with Brandon Barker last season. Thomas was going to bring that for us, so we’ve had to adapt and we may have to change the way we play in some games and dig in and grind it out, which is not ideal and not the way we want to play. Sometimes it’s needs must.”
The youngster has featured in six games and scored once for the Scottish side this term.
Agyepong joined Manchester City in 2015 from the Right to Dream Academy. He previously played for FC Twente and NAC Breda.