| The 23-year-old is out of contract, but the Pars are entitled to compensation because of his age and will ask the Tangerines to up what they are offering slightly or face going to a tribunal.
Despite the minor haggling, though, a price is very close to being agreed and, once it is, the young Irishman will put pen to paper — he has already agreed personal terms with his former East End Park team-mate Craig Brewster.
As United look to boost season ticket sales in advance of the first of their cut-price deadlines this weekend, there is even a chance he will be paraded at Tannadice tomorrow.
With the manager on a coaching course at Largs and chairman Eddie Thompson only back from a short break in Spain today, it remains likely the fans will have to wait until the beginning of next week for confirmation the new man has arrived.
While he appreciates fans want to see signings made as soon as possible, and shares their eagerness to see new faces come through the doors, Craig is happy progress is being made and is relaxed about the delays there have been so far.
“There have been no developments in the last 24 hours, but, with the Hunt deal, it is now pretty much just a case of the two chairmen agreeing something. Everything else is almost done,” he said.
“There have been delays with it, and some of the other deals I’d like to do, but that is normal. Particularly at this time of year, when you have people away on holiday or, like me, doing coaching courses and other stuff, things do tend to take a wee bit longer.” |
