And while the Tele understands the Huddersfield Town attacker has been on boss Craig Levein’s radar for some time, it remains far from certain he will be joining up.

“I’ve had calls about this, but I can state categorically that Danny Cadamarteri is not signing for Dundee United today — I was supposed to be speaking to him down there yesterday, but I was here playing golf,” said Craig.

“Further than that, there is nothing I can say because I am not in the business of speaking about people who are under contract at other clubs and will be preparing for a game this weekend.”

What is known, is that the manager has made a couple of recent trips down south to watch the 29-year-old in action.

And the player himself has expressed an interest in moving to the SPL when his contract with the League One outfit expires during the close season.

So far, though, he has not committed himself to anything and, unless that changes in the very near future, it is likely United will pursue other alternatives.

Meanwhile, although Scott Robertson made a successful return to full training yesterday, just three weeks after undergoing pelvic surgery, the Scotland midfielder will not be rushed back into action.

“He did fine, but he’s been out since January, so his fitness is obviously going to be a bit short — the games on Saturday and next Thursday are almost certainly way too soon for him,” added Craig.

“I’m also mindful of what a good season he was having before his injury. I am not prepared to throw him back into the team too soon, just for the sake of a couple of games and sour all the good work he has put in.”

That said, the player’s determination to get back means he remains likely to feature before the curtain comes down on the campaign on May 24.

Meanwhile, the United boss has been asked to explain comments made in the wake of the defeat against Hearts in February.

He’ll attend the SFA’s general purposes committee in June after saying Hearts players “conned” referee Eddie Smith.

“We are going to have a few out and there will be players used who I won’t be retaining, but that’s the way it is now,” he said.

“It’s something managers have to deal with and, to a certain extent, it is because players want it all ways.

“They want freedom of contract, which I understand, so they can move on if they want to and they also want to know early if they are getting new deals. What that leads to is situations where you have people playing for you who know they will be leaving soon and, as a manager, you just have to expect them to be professional and go about their business properly.”

At training today, Jocky was still no nearer knowing who will be ready for Broadwood.

Definitely out are suspended pair Mikael Antoine-Curier and Gary MacKenzie, along with the injured Eric Paton, Craig McKeown and Paul McHale.

Doubts of varying degrees also hang over Colin Cameron, David Cowan, Mark Gilhaney, Giorgios Efrem and Darren Young.