Aaron Hickey Completes Bologna Move
Aaron Hickey has finally completed his move from Hearts to Italian Serie A side Bologna for a fee of £1.5m. The Italian club has trumped European champions Bayern Munich to sign the 18-year-old, who can play at left-back or in midfield. The Scotland Under-17 international had a year left on his Hearts contract and made 33 appearances for the club.
He is the first British player in Bologna’s 111-year history. Hickey made his debut for Hearts last year aged 16, and two weeks later became the youngest player to start a Scottish Cup final in the modern era when he played against Celtic. He scored his only goal in the Scottish Premiership in their 2-1 win against Edinburgh rivals Hibernian last year.
Former Hearts manager Craig Levein said in August that Celtic had made several offers for the player. Bologna, who have not disclosed the length of Hickey’s contract, intend for him to be part of their first-team squad. Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side began the Serie A season this week with a 2-0 defeat away to AC Milan courtesy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic two goals, their next game will be on Monday when they host Parma.
