Fulham winger Sylvester Jasper has tweeted following his deadline day loan move to Hibernian.
Jasper is a product of Fulham’s academy and has been capped at youth international level by both England and Bulgaria.
He spent the first half of the season on loan at Colchester United in EFL League Two, scoring three goals and notching two assists in 24 appearances across all competitions.
The 20-year-old returned to Fulham in early January but completed a move to Scotland late on deadline day.
Jasper will be on loan at Easter Road until the end of the season, at which point the Hibees will have the opportunity to make his switch a permanent one.
The late-night announcement went down relatively well with Hibs fans, with the versatile youngster set to add competition for places in attack after Jamie Murphy joined Mansfield Town on loan.
On Tuesday morning, Jasper took to Twitter to respond to the announcement, writing: “Can’t wait to get started!”
Hibs started the Premiership season relatively well, but their form dropped off dramatically following a defeat to Rangers at Ibrox in October.
A managerial change followed, with Shaun Maloney replacing Jack Ross.
After a brief improvement, Hibs are winless in three, fifth in the table and 12 points behind Edinburgh rivals Hearts in third.
Therefore, it’s important that all of their new signings, including Jasper, hit the ground running so that the Leith club get more out of this season than a League Cup Final appearance.
Hibs fans may be encouraged by Jasper’s previous returns for Fulham U23s in the Premier League 2, where he scored eight goals and notched three assists from just 16 appearances.
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