Adam Le Fondre claims Hibs chiefs BLANKED him after issuing contract ultimatum that left his head 'spinning'

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Adam Le Fondre claims he was BLANKED by the Hibs hierarchy who did everything to avoid the striker after issuing a contract ultimatum.The former Reading striker was persuaded to head to Easter Road by former Royals boss and ex-Easter Road director of football Brian McDermott to play under Lee Johnson before he was sacked last September.

The veteran frontman signed a two-year deal and after recovering from an injury back in January 2023, was expecting the shout to return to the first team squad from Nick Montgomery.Instead, the manager told Le Fondre that orders had come from on high that he wasn't to play the front man again unless he agreed to waive the second year of his deal with the Hibees.

Le Fondre admitted he agreed with the call from a footballing point of view, but was baffled as to why club chiefs, including CEO Ben Kensell, wouldn't have a conversation with him in person and then actively avoided him around the place after he wasn't prepared to leave on loan. "It's just a pity I got injured when I did otherwise I'd still be there," he told the I Had Trials Once podcast. "I had a two-year deal but got a PCL injury which I was sort of misdiagnosed with.

They thought it was my hammy again. I ended up playing in a game and making it f****** 10 times worse and was out for three months. "I got back in January ahead of schedule and was called in by the gaffer, thinking I'm going to be on the bench against Kilmarnock towards the end of the window."I'm dead upbeat but he's like: 'Right, I've been told I can't play you anymore unless you take the second year out of your contract.' I'm like eh?