Nottingham Forest have announced the signing of striker Jason Cummings from Hibernian on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
The 21-year-old scored 23 goals for Hibs as they claimed the Scottish Championship title last season and leaves Easter Road having netted 69 goals in 148 appearances in all competitions.
He told Forest's official website: "I am absolutely delighted. It is a massive club and a great opportunity for me.
"Obviously I am gutted to leave Hibs as I enjoyed my time there but I just feel it is the right time to move on and further my career.
"I'm not coming here to just walk into the team. I have come here to learn as I will be playing with, and against, a lot better players so I am still at the learning stages and, with the gaffer here, I will only get better."
Hibs chief Executive Leeann Dempster spoke of her relief that Cummings had stayed for the successful 2016/17 campaign, adding that he could easily have left for England 12 months ago.
“Jason goes with our very best wishes," she told her club's official website.
"He made a major contribution to our season in gaining us promotion back to the Premiership.
“At this time last year, Jason had one-year left on his contract, and the club had spent significant time trying to secure him on a new deal. This was only achieved after long negotiations with the player and his agent and was helped greatly by Neil (Lennon, manager) joining the club.
“Had we failed to secure that deal, it is likely that Jason’s contract would have run down. That would have meant that had he wanted to, he could have signed a pre-contract with another club in the middle of our push for promotion and then left for nothing this summer.
"For the board, gaining promotion was absolutely the number one priority - hence the reason that a bid from another English club was refused last summer.
"That top objective was achieved and in addition, rather than see a talented player leave for nothing this summer, the club has secured a significant fee.
“In preparation for the new season we will continue to work to bring our core targets to the club.”
