Hickey - signs for Bologna

[jambokev]

40 minutes ago, Selkirkhmfc1874 said:

All the best to the lad !! So happy he going there rather than along m8 to sellick

This.

[BackOfTheNet]

2 hours ago, jock _turd said:

The major thing for the lad as we all know... well at least I do... is language it is make or break. I know I live abroad and you have to be able in some way to be able to converse with the people who are going to be your mates. It can be a lonely old time until you get the language sorted because until you do you will always be on the outside looking in... that is not just football it is everyday life as well.

Reminds me of when Beckham used to get annoyed at Woodgate when he was at Real Madrid as Woodgate insisted on speaking Spanish when calling out things on the pitch, ha!

[jambocub]

5 hours ago, HMFC01 said:

 

I would say so.  If he's not had any kind of medical yet.  They take it serious.  There was an english player that thought he was signing for an Italian club sometime in January, until his medical failed 😕 

Not many players sign for clubs after failing the medical

[whodanny]

On holiday in the Hebrides just now, been out all day, just seen the news, very pleased for Aaron, and a good wedge of cash for the club. Sorry to see him go so soon though. 

[HMFC01]

I'll just be mostly delighted we sold a player for serious money.  1mill+ is excellent, long may it continue.  Just hope the club look closely at the type of character we are selling.  Then look at the duds that failed.  Then work on improving the academy that way.  Hopefully some of the current senior players can kick on and get their value up, then get themselves sold on for a profit. 

 

Anyway, all the best aaron, hope you pass the med test. 🤞 

[jamboinglasgow]

18 minutes ago, HMFC01 said:

I'll just be mostly delighted we sold a player for serious money.  1mill+ is excellent, long may it continue.  Just hope the club look closely at the type of character we are selling.  Then look at the duds that failed.  Then work on improving the academy that way.  Hopefully some of the current senior players can kick on and get their value up, then get themselves sold on for a profit. 

 

Anyway, all the best aaron, hope you pass the med test. 🤞 

 

If the fee is £1.5m then it matches the fees for Sow and Wallace. But if it is (as quoted by some media sources) £1.8m it will be the highest transfer fee we have recieved since Berra was sold to Wolves for £2.5m in 2009.

 

Here is a random trivia question I got while going over outgoing players from Hearts trying to find transfer fees, which former player moved from Hearts to RB Leipzig (admittedly in the 4th tier of German football at the time.) This played for us almost 80 times in two different spells, was a regular fixture in a cup winning season but did not feature in the final. Who is it? 

[DC_92]

10 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said:

 

If the fee is £1.5m then it matches the fees for Sow and Wallace. But if it is (as quoted by some media sources) £1.8m it will be the highest transfer fee we have recieved since Berra was sold to Wolves for £2.5m in 2009.

 

Here is a random trivia question I got while going over outgoing players from Hearts trying to find transfer fees, which former player moved from Hearts to RB Leipzig (admittedly in the 4th tier of German football at the time.) This played for us almost 80 times in two different spells, was a regular fixture in a cup winning season but did not feature in the final. Who is it? 

 

Adrian Mrowiec. I thought he was a decent player for us.

[jamboinglasgow]

1 minute ago, DC_92 said:

 

Adrian Mrowiec. I thought he was a decent player for us.

 

Correct. He was a decent defensive midfielder. I liked him when he played. 

[Guest ToqueJambo]

14 minutes ago, DC_92 said:

 

Adrian Mrowiec. I thought he was a decent player for us.

 

Him, Darren Barr and Ibrahim Tall are players I think about when guys who play a couple of games here and there or who sign and don't play for ages are written off. All 3 turned out to be very good when they got a run of games in the right position. Zali is another one. It's why - if they stay - we shouldn't write off the likes of White, Wighton and Damour, especially for the Championship.

Edited September 8, 2020 by ToqueJambo

[Zico]

Buona fortuna, Aaron. Great move for him and he’s moving to my favourite country so hopefully see him live at some point. 

[Clerry Jambo]

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-aaron-hickey-jets-bologna-help-italian-job-2965223

Hearts' Aaron Hickey jets into Bologna to help with Italian job

Teenager part of a multi-million-pound rebuild

Wednesday, 9th September 2020, 7:30 am

Aaron Hickey is leaving Hearts for Italian club Bologna.

Touching down at Bologna’s Guglielmo Marconi Airport today, Aaron Hickey may not know he is landing on tarmac named after a famous Italian inventor. He will be fully aware he is there to help reinvent the city’s football club, however.

Bologna FC are amidst a restoration project intended to transform them into Serie A challengers once again. The Stadio Dall’Ara will be rebuilt at a cost of £90m and teenagers with serious potential are being bought up in numbers. Hickey is the latest.

 

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Provided he passes a medical, a £1.78m transfer from Hearts will unite him with fellow 18-year-old prodigies like the Icelandic midfielder Andri Baldursson, Gambian forward Musa Juwara and Italian winger Gianmarco Cangiano.

Bologna also covet Dynamo Kiev’s 20-year-old striker Vladyslav Supriaha – regarded as Ukraine's equivalent of Erling Haaland – and are prepared to pay £9m to sign him.

“It is my goal to make Bologna great again, not only in the transfer market but also as part of a cultural revolution,” says the Rossoblú technical director Walter Sabatini.

The Italian club’s status as a sleeping giant has lingered too long and their huge investment is designed to recapture the halcyon days. They hold seven Serie A titles – six between 1925 and 1941, but the last back in 1964.

Hickey flies into the Bolognese razzmatazz in typically unflustered fashion. He knows no other mindset. He isn’t daunted joining an ambitious top-flight Italian team at the tender age of 18. Just like he wasn’t fazed marking James Forrest in a Scottish Cup final aged 16.

Those who coached him at Riccarton fully expect him to handle this Italian job. “For a kid that age, he has as good a level of football intelligence as I’ve ever seen,” says Liam Fox, who left Hearts last month. “He does the right things at the right time, knows where to be, and that calmness is always there.

“He is going into a totally different environment. It may take him a period of time to adjust to the way of life, the culture and the type of training. If there’s anybody from that group of Hearts youngsters who could handle it, because he is so laid back and calm, I’d say it’s Aaron.

“The key is he is a good football player. If you’re a good player in Scotland, you can be a good player in Italy. Yes, there could be outside influences. He will need to avoid injury and continue living his life correctly with gym work and everything else.

“He will get support from his club so I’m not concerned about him going there. I hope he goes on and reaches the levels he could do.”

Italy’s intense footballing culture isn’t the same as even the most raucous evening at Tynecastle Park. Managers and players being smuggled out of Serie A grounds in car boots to avoid baying fans isn’t uncommon after poor results.

Hickey won’t be exposed to that initially given Bologna see him as deputy left-back to the Dutchman Mitchell Dijks. The prospect of forcing himself into Sinisa Mihajlovic’s team in another position shouldn’t be dismissed, though. Many see him evolving into a holding midfield player.

“I think he could become a player in that role,” says Fox. “If he develops physically, he could be a really good centre-back as well. He played right side of a back three for Hearts against St Mirren under Craig [Levein] and absolutely strolled it.

“He’s a diamond of a kid. He’s absolutely horizontal in terms of bring laid back, but he has real quality. One of his biggest assets is that calmness and ability to make consistently good decisions under pressure.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him flustered or nervous. You don’t have to spend too much time with him, watching video clips or analysing things, because he consistently makes the right decisions.

“He has a really advanced football brain for his age. If he gets done for pace, he then works out that he needs to be deeper off his opponent. He actually processes the information himself on the pitch. He is low-maintenance and I think he will go on to have a really top career.

“In the build-up to that cup final last year, I didn’t sense any nerves from him. Nothing. That was the moment I thought, ‘he’s got a top temperament for this’. I’d say he was arguably the best player on the park that day.”

The rise to prominence has been seismic. Hickey visited Bologna and Bayern Munich recently knowing he would never complete the final year of his Hearts contract.

A transfer fee of £1.78m, even minus Celtic’s 30 per cent sell-on fee, leaves the Edinburgh club with a tidy sum. The player himself probably won’t be remotely interested in those details. “He hardly ever spoke,” laughs Fox. “Aaron just loves playing the game. Good luck to him.”

If he plays the game to his full potential over the coming years, he could assume a major role in Bologna’s renaissance.

[pettigrewsstylist]

45 minutes ago, Clerry Jambo said:

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-aaron-hickey-jets-bologna-help-italian-job-2965223

Hearts' Aaron Hickey jets into Bologna to help with Italian job

Teenager part of a multi-million-pound rebuild

Wednesday, 9th September 2020, 7:30 am

 

Aaron Hickey is leaving Hearts for Italian club Bologna.

Touching down at Bologna’s Guglielmo Marconi Airport today, Aaron Hickey may not know he is landing on tarmac named after a famous Italian inventor. He will be fully aware he is there to help reinvent the city’s football club, however.

Bologna FC are amidst a restoration project intended to transform them into Serie A challengers once again. The Stadio Dall’Ara will be rebuilt at a cost of £90m and teenagers with serious potential are being bought up in numbers. Hickey is the latest.

 

Sign up to our daily newsletter

Provided he passes a medical, a £1.78m transfer from Hearts will unite him with fellow 18-year-old prodigies like the Icelandic midfielder Andri Baldursson, Gambian forward Musa Juwara and Italian winger Gianmarco Cangiano.

Bologna also covet Dynamo Kiev’s 20-year-old striker Vladyslav Supriaha – regarded as Ukraine's equivalent of Erling Haaland – and are prepared to pay £9m to sign him.

“It is my goal to make Bologna great again, not only in the transfer market but also as part of a cultural revolution,” says the Rossoblú technical director Walter Sabatini.

The Italian club’s status as a sleeping giant has lingered too long and their huge investment is designed to recapture the halcyon days. They hold seven Serie A titles – six between 1925 and 1941, but the last back in 1964.

Hickey flies into the Bolognese razzmatazz in typically unflustered fashion. He knows no other mindset. He isn’t daunted joining an ambitious top-flight Italian team at the tender age of 18. Just like he wasn’t fazed marking James Forrest in a Scottish Cup final aged 16.

Those who coached him at Riccarton fully expect him to handle this Italian job. “For a kid that age, he has as good a level of football intelligence as I’ve ever seen,” says Liam Fox, who left Hearts last month. “He does the right things at the right time, knows where to be, and that calmness is always there.

“He is going into a totally different environment. It may take him a period of time to adjust to the way of life, the culture and the type of training. If there’s anybody from that group of Hearts youngsters who could handle it, because he is so laid back and calm, I’d say it’s Aaron.

“The key is he is a good football player. If you’re a good player in Scotland, you can be a good player in Italy. Yes, there could be outside influences. He will need to avoid injury and continue living his life correctly with gym work and everything else.

“He will get support from his club so I’m not concerned about him going there. I hope he goes on and reaches the levels he could do.”

Italy’s intense footballing culture isn’t the same as even the most raucous evening at Tynecastle Park. Managers and players being smuggled out of Serie A grounds in car boots to avoid baying fans isn’t uncommon after poor results.

Hickey won’t be exposed to that initially given Bologna see him as deputy left-back to the Dutchman Mitchell Dijks. The prospect of forcing himself into Sinisa Mihajlovic’s team in another position shouldn’t be dismissed, though. Many see him evolving into a holding midfield player.

“I think he could become a player in that role,” says Fox. “If he develops physically, he could be a really good centre-back as well. He played right side of a back three for Hearts against St Mirren under Craig [Levein] and absolutely strolled it.

“He’s a diamond of a kid. He’s absolutely horizontal in terms of bring laid back, but he has real quality. One of his biggest assets is that calmness and ability to make consistently good decisions under pressure.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him flustered or nervous. You don’t have to spend too much time with him, watching video clips or analysing things, because he consistently makes the right decisions.

“He has a really advanced football brain for his age. If he gets done for pace, he then works out that he needs to be deeper off his opponent. He actually processes the information himself on the pitch. He is low-maintenance and I think he will go on to have a really top career.

“In the build-up to that cup final last year, I didn’t sense any nerves from him. Nothing. That was the moment I thought, ‘he’s got a top temperament for this’. I’d say he was arguably the best player on the park that day.”

The rise to prominence has been seismic. Hickey visited Bologna and Bayern Munich recently knowing he would never complete the final year of his Hearts contract.

A transfer fee of £1.78m, even minus Celtic’s 30 per cent sell-on fee, leaves the Edinburgh club with a tidy sum. The player himself probably won’t be remotely interested in those details. “He hardly ever spoke,” laughs Fox. “Aaron just loves playing the game. Good luck to him.”

If he plays the game to his full potential over the coming years, he could assume a major role in Bologna’s renaissance.

So...medical to pass before we hear from club about ££££ I guess

[Mysterion]

Still hopeful the loan arrangement sees any formal transfer fee and Celtic’s sell on clause reduced. 🤞

Edited September 9, 2020 by Mysterion

[upgotheheads]

"Touching down at Bologna’s Guglielmo Marconi Airport today, Aaron Hickey may not know he is landing on tarmac named after a famous Italian inventor."

 

That'll be the famous Italian inventor John Loudon McAdam, born in Ayr in 1756.

[BackOfTheNet]

16 minutes ago, upgotheheads said:

"Touching down at Bologna’s Guglielmo Marconi Airport today, Aaron Hickey may not know he is landing on tarmac named after a famous Italian inventor."

 

That'll be the famous Italian inventor John Loudon McAdam, born in Ayr in 1756.

Eh?

[Midloth_Iain]

3 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said:

Eh?

 

Thinks Bazza's article was referencing the tarmac rather than the name of the airport ...... 🤔

[BackOfTheNet]

2 minutes ago, Midloth_Iain said:

 

Thinks Bazza's article was referencing the tarmac rather than the name of the airport ...... 🤔

Anderson’s wording is pretty terrible usually to be fair, but even with this he was evidently saying the airport was named after Marconi, the tarmac being included in the airport of course. And I thought I was a pedantic so and so, haha!

[upgotheheads]

Difficult to tell, i do tend to take things literally.

22 minutes ago, Midloth_Iain said:

 

Thinks Bazza's article was referencing the tarmac rather than the name of the airport ...... 🤔

 

18 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said:

Anderson’s wording is pretty terrible usually to be fair, but even with this he was evidently saying the airport was named after Marconi, the tarmac being included in the airport of course. And I thought I was a pedantic so and so, haha!

 

Difficult to tell, I do tend to take things literally.

[BackOfTheNet]

37 minutes ago, upgotheheads said:

Difficult to tell, i do tend to take things literally.

 

 

Difficult to tell, I do tend to take things literally.

You can say that again...

[upgotheheads]

47 minutes ago, BackOfTheNet said:

You can say that again...

 

Difficult to tell, I do tend to take things literally.

[King prawn]

37 minutes ago, upgotheheads said:

 

Difficult to tell, I do tend to take things literally.

 

[BackOfTheNet]

48 minutes ago, upgotheheads said:

 

Difficult to tell, I do tend to take things literally.

I have a retort but I fear this could go on a while yet and take the thread wildly off topic (even more so than already) 😉

[upgotheheads]

1 minute ago, BackOfTheNet said:

I have a retort but I fear this could go on a while yet and take the thread wildly off topic (even more so than already) 😉

 

I believe you😄

[Newton51]

 

[Mister Dee]

What an opportunity for the lad. 
I’m so pleased he hasn’t taken the easy option and gone to Celtic. 
 

He could learn an unbelievable amount in Italy, and have a hell of a career. 
 

Good luck Aaron! 

[corryjambo]

3 minutes ago, Mister Dee said:

What an opportunity for the lad. 
I’m so pleased he hasn’t taken the easy option and gone to Celtic. 
 

He could learn an unbelievable amount in Italy, and have a hell of a career. 
 

Good luck Aaron! 

 

This.

[BackOfTheNet]

46 minutes ago, Newton51 said:

 

Anyone else hoping he’d already been in Italy by now? Yeesh...

Edited September 9, 2020 by BackOfTheNet

[lou]

All seems a bit premature, assuming he has not even passed a medical yet

[Bob Loblaw]

Genuinely delighted he never took the easy option of Celtic or an English U23 team.  Wish him all the very best, he's got everything he needs to be a top player.

[Tazio]

1 minute ago, lou said:

All seems a bit premature, assuming he has not even passed a medical yet

Just posted similar on the transfer thread. Just not as politely worded. 

[GavK1012]

Interview on SSN the now....fantastic, says he has dreamt of this ever since he was a "wee guy"

 

Fairly recently then young man 🤣

 

I was there when we turned them over 3 one at Tynie...did Henry not cock up re too many steps or similar, they scored from indirect free kick and we got turned over 3 scud in Italy....4-3 on agg...

 

Always been an Italiano man since Gazetta days, so amazing to see a Jambo out there now...

[john thomas]

5 hours ago, upgotheheads said:

"Touching down at Bologna’s Guglielmo Marconi Airport today, Aaron Hickey may not know he is landing on tarmac named after a famous Italian inventor."

 

That'll be the famous Italian inventor John Loudon McAdam, born in Ayr in 1756.

Sharp as a tack

[The White Cockade]

But but but

his old man’s pure Sellick 

he’ll make him go tae Parkheed likesy 
I read on here many times 

 

[Mikey1874]

 

[Mikey1874]

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by Mikey1874

[Mikey1874]

 

[Mikey1874]

 

[Mikey1874]

 

[Mikey1874]

Nice story today

 

 

[OTT]

Has anyone got a list of our top transfers, say top ten and the year?

 

Tried London Hearts but can't navigate it and Transfermarkt isn't accurate. 

[Last Laff]

2 hours ago, GavK1012 said:

Interview on SSN the now....fantastic, says he has dreamt of this ever since he was a "wee guy"

 

Fairly recently then young man 🤣

 

I was there when we turned them over 3 one at Tynie...did Henry not cock up re too many steps or similar, they scored from indirect free kick and we got turned over 3 scud in Italy....4-3 on agg...

 

Always been an Italiano man since Gazetta days, so amazing to see a Jambo out there now...

Home match was class, sure the away was afternoon and only update was reporting Scotland.  

[Irufushi]

Wish him well. What a move for him. 

[Mikey1874]

 

[Glamorgan Jambo]

A fantastic and brave move by Aaron. Best of luck to him. For all the talk of his Selleck loving dad he’s always moved with an eye for getting first team experience as early as possible. From Selleck to Hearts and now to Bologna.

 

If he can get 10-15 first team games this season between Serie A and the Italian cups he’ll be doing really well. As with his move to Hearts this is potentially a tremendous platform for the next stage of his career.

 

And a more than decent return for Hearts on a teenager with 12 months left on a pretty basic contract.

[Guest ToqueJambo]

24 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

 

That'll make him an instant legend with the Bologna fans. Hickey seems to have the attitude as well as talent to succeed. 

[Mikey1874]

Highlights video

 

 

[Guest ToqueJambo]

Tin hat on, but some credit due to Craig Levein. As Dof and manager two players signed for nothing just a year or two earlier have gone for £1m+ transfer fees.

Edited September 9, 2020 by ToqueJambo

[Guest ToqueJambo]

4 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Highlights video

 

 

 

It's been so long, forgotten how composed he is. Definitely looks like a DM in some of those highlights.

[baxterd1974]

4 minutes ago, ToqueJambo said:

Tin hat on, but some credit due to Craig Levein. As Dof and manager he brought in two £1m+ transfer fees for players signed for nothing just a year or two earlier. 

Balances our losses for being in the championship but doesn't balance if you include the wages we have spent on absolute dross

[JamboGraham]

Anyone else wondering who actually sourced the flag and took it to Glasgow airport?

 

Actually quite refreshing to the see the Scottish sports media getting rather excited about the prospect

of a young Scottish player showing a bit of genuine ambition...