Gray hopeful Bushiri & Triantis will be back for Hibs

Head coach David Gray revealed Hibernian have held positive talks as they bid to secure the services of Rocky Bushiri and Nectar Triantis for the upcoming season.Both players were instrumental in helping the the Leith side finish third in the Scottish Premiership last term.Centre-back Bushiri has been with Hibs since January 2022, but the 25-year-old is currently out of contract and weighing up his future."Rocky's season was prolonged by going away on international duty, so he's been away doing that," Gray told the Press Association."A couple of weeks off for him, a lot of positive talks in the meantime, and he's someone who did incredibly well for Hibs last season."Naturally, there will be interest in him from elsewhere, but as I said, there have been real positive talks on that one. It's certainly something we're trying to do and working towards."Australian midfielder Triantis was one of four nominees for the Scottish Football Writers' Player of the Year award after excelling during his season-long loan from Sunderland, where he is contracted until 2027."His parent club obviously got promoted to the Premier League, so there are conversations going on there about what's next for Nectar," Gray added."Clearly, he's someone who was really, really good for us last year and someone you'd like to bring back."There are positive chats going on again, but sometimes it just takes a little bit longer and you need to make sure you're doing everything you can to try and replace him if he doesn't come back, or whatever we need to do."

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