McCowan was a key target for the Hibees throughout the summer, but they couldn’t get their man. Despite setting aside a figure which would have amounted to a club-record transfer fee, the prospect of joining Celtic was too good for the player to turn down. Indeed, Hibs’ sporting director Malky Mackay recently lifted the lid on his side’s pursuit of McCowan, admitting that although they were prepared to spend £1m on the 26-year-old, it was difficult to convince him to come to Leith when the champions came calling.
Now, we had an owner who was fully prepared to support Luke McCowan’s signing,” he stated (Edinburgh Evening News). He wanted to back it with a million pounds, I’ll tell you that. The man was willing to support that. It’s okay to state that our owner intended to spend that. “Obviously, you won’t get that player once Celtic enters the game. We are limited in our ability to address that. McCowan would never have turned down the chance to play for the Scottish champions, having grown up a Celtic fan. When he first joined the club, he acknowledged that it felt unreal, but he quickly had to face reality in order to make his debut.
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