Appending additional icon after sorting icons

[Manudrones]

Hi there, we are currently working on a project where we'd like to have an additional icon with an href to link to another page right after the sorting icons. It is possible to simply insert <a href="/somepathhere"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square-alt"></i></a>. However, since the sorting icons are generated by simply supplying data-sorting="true" in the html, it is putting the icon between the text and the sorting icons. Is it possible to append html in a way the causes it to come after the sorting icons?