Vidar Riseth is certain Easter Road will be the launchpad for Elias Hoff Melkersen’s Norway career. Unfortunately he fears the new Hibs striker is in for a lengthy countdown before getting permission for his international take-off.
Former Celtic midfielder Riseth reckons Hibs have pulled off a major coup in landing the Bodo/Glimt frontman in a £350,000 deal.
The 19-year-old was hot property in his homeland but Shaun Maloney has beaten off interest from Scandinavian giants Rosenborg to secure his signature on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
Norway boss Stale Solbakken will now be paying close attention as he settles in to life in Leith but Riseth has no doubt a call-up is imminent.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.But dislodging superstar Dortmund striker Erling Haaland from the cap queue won’t be quite as straightforward.
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