If you were to ask the Hibs fan in your life what tops their Christmas list this year, don’t expect to be able to find it on amazon. It doesn’t come in the shape of the latest iPhone and it’s certainly not one of those things that plays music or dims the lights, so long as you speak to it in your clearest English accent.

Quite simply it, or should I say he, comes with beautiful slick back hair and a box of tricks to match, he has the keys to unlock the most rigid of defences and a fine finish to boot. His name? Scott Allan.

Could Scott Allan be on his way back to Leith?