Jermaine Pennant's Hibs trial was going great — until he sat down to sign the contract. Because the former England cap insists he 'felt violated' when he saw the opening gambit Neil Lennon and the Easter Road hierarchy were prepared to put down in the summer of 2017.
Former Liverpool and Stoke man Pennant was at a loose end after leaving Bury and coming up to Scotland to join the newly-promoted Hibees appealed.
He even took part in a friendly against Sunderland but in negotiations he was left wondering if the final figure was missing a zero.
Or whether he'd been signed to clean boots rather than race down the touchline in them. Despite Lennon's best efforts the board weren't up for budging on their offer after six weeks, and Pennant
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