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Hibs have finally landed their man in Dundee United striker Simon Murray - almost a year after Neil Lennon first tried to sign the player.

The 25-year-old hitman missed out on promotion to the Premiership as United lost the Play Off Final with Hamilton yesterday.

But now he will take his place in the top flight afterall after clinching a move to Easter Road.

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The former Arbroath star is out of contract at Tannadice and has also been linked with St Johnstone and Partick Thistle while a Belgian club was reported to have made a late move for the player.

But his heart was set on Hibs for whom his father, Gary, played in the 1980s.

Murray is expected to be paraded at Easter Road in the next 24 hours and becomes Lennon's second summer capture after Danny Swanson from St Johnstone