Jimmy Jeggo can't wait for European nights at Easter Road with the Hibs midfielder admitting it should be the minimum goal every season.
The midfielder has had a taste of European football before in both the Europa League and Europa Conference League qualifiers with the likes of Sturm Graz, Austria Vienna and Aris Thessaloniki and is excited to get the chance once again with Lee Johnson's side.
He knows that is the stage players want to be testing themselves on and it will help the team in the long run as they continue to grow and look to get to where they want to be in the future describing it as a 'big step'. The capital club qualified for the Europa Conference League following Celtic's Scottish Cup win over Inverness after finishing fifth in the Scottish Premiership. They will discover their fate in just a week and enter the second qualifying round with ties played at the end of July and first week in August.
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He told the Hibs official website: “The club have been quite open about Europe. There are probably five or six teams that Europe should be the goal as a minimum every year – and Hibs are definitely one of those.
“It’s a big thing for this group. In terms of us growing as a team and getting to where we want to go, it’s a big step.
“This is where this club needs to be and we’re happy the final outcome went our way.”
He continued: “As players, we want to be testing ourselves at that level, we want to achieve things and have those European nights at Easter Road. We now have the opportunity to do that.
“I’ve luckily been part of a couple of European campaigns but I’ve never managed to get into a group stage where you’ve got European football up until Christmas.
“That’s something I still want to achieve in my career and hopefully with Hibs, we can do that.
“We’ve already been lucky to have had a lot of big games at Easter Road (last season) and that atmosphere is amazing.
“As players, we want to be part of those nights and European nights often go up a gear. That will be something that will be really special for us as players, and for the club.”
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