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Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher has been named Clydesdale Bank Young Player of the Month for February.
The 20-year-old scored five goals as Hibs picked up 13 points from a possible 15 last month.
His highlight was a hat-trick in the 4-2 win over Gretna at Easter Road on 13 February.
This is Fletcher's second Young Player of the Month award this season, with the forward having previously picked up the accolade in August.
The striker signed a long-term contract extension in December but that has not stopped the transfer speculation.
Indeed, there were newspaper reports suggesting Real Madrid were monitoring Fletcher's form.
"Being at Hibernian appears to be doing me no harm whatsoever just now," said Fletcher.
"I feel I've been doing well, I've got another couple of years here and then we'll see what happens.
"I'm just keeping my head down and concentrating on Hibernian and if the Scotland call comes then that would be very nice to get that opportunity.
"But there's also some big fixtures with the Scotland Under-21s coming up as well so I'm looking forward to that.
"Obviously when the Real Madrid thing came along I just laughed it off. I had the usual banter with the boys in the changing room."
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He's getting a lot of positive press. Will Hibs be able to hold onto him? I doubt it! They're a very financially stable club, but a selling one. They've a good youth set-up and seem to be able to replace one good kid with another so if the money's right watch him leave in the summer.