GRAY: I'M PROUD OF WORK WE DID BUT

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Black Cats in the Premier League, Triantis wants a fresh challenge with clubs from the English Championship, MLS and Europe all interested.

And despite facing a losing battle in his bid to resign Triantis as Hibs prepare for tonight's crunch second leg against Midtjylland, Gray insists there are no hard feelings.

He said: “We've also been very clear it's not just Nectar Triantis, we can't put everything into one position or one player.

“So the hard work has been going on and whilst it was still a potential opportunity, you'd always look to try and explore it because of how well he'd done.

“But it was always going to be that with it being his second loan spell here, how well he'd done, his parent club getting promoted and what his situation was going to be. He was a pleasure to work with, that was one of the reasons we wanted to bring him back in the first place.

“He's a real humble, hardworking boy that's constantly trying to improve all the time and as a coach that’s what you want as a dream to work with.

“I'm the head coach, I'm judged every week at 5pm and what the result is, the immediate job is to win games of football.

“But my first priority is to make sure I improve every single player every day if I can, and make sure every player feels like they're improving all the time.