Elie Youan hopes he can assist Hibs in their bid to keep Myziane Maolida by setting up more goals for his French friend.Winger Youan has five assists in his last four Premiership matches and has teed up on-loan Hertha Berlin forward Maolida for three of them.
That helped Maolida be crowned Premiership player of the month for March this week after the 25-year-old netted in four straight league outings.The pair, who played together for France Under-18s, have formed a formidable partnership on the pitch and Youan would love his pal to remain at Hibs beyond the end of the campaign.
Youan, hoping to continue his own rich vein of form in the visit of St Johnstone, said: “The only thing I can do to persuade him is to give him assists to score.
I think that’s Myziane’s choice. I cannot talk instead of him. He wasn’t in a good place a couple of months ago and now he is starting to enjoying playing football again.“Before coming here he texted me to tell him about Hibs, which I did.
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