Neil Lennon is wants to add two strikers to his Hibs squad during the January transfer window.

The Easter Road boss was been publicly critical of Florian Kamberi and Jamie Maclaren’s form in recent weeks, while Oli Shaw has chipped in with the odd goal.

Hibs remain light on striking options however, especially with Maclaren on international duty at the Asia Cup with Australia.

But Lennon revealed he plans to strengthen his attacking options. "We want to bring in strikers, if we can bring two in then great,” he said, speaking on Sky Sports.

“But we're hoping to at least bring one in just to add to what we have here.

At times it's been a bit flat and we need that extra bit of competition and motivation for them all.”

Lennon also hopes the prospect of increased competition will spur on his current front men to up their performance levels.

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He warned them: "Must be better. You know you can do better and I know you can do better.

"But we want more competition in that area and we want more goals in that area."

He also admitted that Ryan Gauld’s loan move could potentially be made permanent if it suited both the club and the player.

The midfielder is expected to complete a deal until the end of the season in the coming days.

"Possibility of it being beyond that, obviously if it suits both parties... He's a player that we've liked for a long, long time,” he said.

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"He was a great player at Dundee United. He's gone abroad and tried a different culture I think that's really impressive for a young player to do that.

Sometimes I wish I'd done that during my career but I think he's physically better now and technically he's an excellent player, he will bring that creativity that we've been missing."

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