Hibernian: Scott Allan vows he has 'plenty football left in me' as he is named among six exits
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Drey Wright and Scott Allan ended the season on the fringes at Easter Road
Long-serving Scott Allan declared "there's plenty of football left in me" after being named among six players being released by Hibernian.
Fellow midfielders Alex Gogic and Innes Murray, wingers Jamie Murphy and Drey Wright, plus left-back Sean Mackie, are also departing Easter Road.
Allan was hampered by serious illness during his third spell with Hibs and has made only six starts this season.
"I worked hard to come back from a pretty bad place," Allan, 30, said.
"I'm looking forward to whatever comes next."
Allan, who returned to Hibs from Celtic in 2018, was sidelined at the beginning of the 2020-21 season for what was eventually revealed as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that caused tiredness and shortage of breath.
In a social media statement, he said: "There have been some great highs and some very difficult lows - on and off the pitch. The one constant has been the support of some brilliant people."
Allan makes special mention of former chief executive Leeann Dempster and previous team bosses Neil Lennon and Jack Ross, as well as the medical department and fans.
The release of the six players whose contracts run out this summer comes as new manager Lee Johnson is reshaping the squad inherited from Shaun Maloney.
Cyprus midfielder Gogic, who moved from Hamilton Academical in 2020, had also made only six starts this campaign before ending the season playing 15 times on loan to Scottish Premiership rivals St Mirren.
Former Rangers forward Murphy, 32, finished the season as a regular starter on loan to Mansfield Town in England's League Two, while only eight of 27-year-old Wright's 23 starts since arriving from St Johnstone in 2020 came this season.
Mackie has never established himself as a first-team regular since signing from Berwick Rangers in 2017 and the 23-year-old ended the season on loan to Championship side Raith Rovers. Academy product Murray, meanwhile, concluded the campaign by helping Edinburgh City win promotion from League 2.
Three players on loan to Hibs return to their parent clubs - Norwich City centre-half Rocky Bushiri, Fulham forward Sylvester Jasper and Hull City striker James Scott.