Scotland for Scottish club Dundee United

EX-DEFENCE FORCE striker Jason Scotland will be joining fellow national Collin Samuel at Scottish Premier League team Dundee United.

Yesterday, Scotland got word from the Scottish Football Association that he was granted a work permit to play with the club. The 24-year-old Scotland will sign a two-year contract with the SPL team later this month and is expected to partner 21-year-old Samuel in attack for the club, which is nicknamed “The Tangerines”, during their forthcoming pre-season tours of Austria and Germany. Scotland, who ended his six-year stint with Defence Force earlier this year, said yesterday: “The news just came as a shock to me. I’m delighted to get this chance now. “For a long time I’ve been wanting a move like this and now it’s just a matter of time before I settle in. I need to thank those who have been at my side, particularly agent Mike (Berry), the people at the Defence Force, those in the  national team and most of all my mom Brenda (Joseph) and my girlfriend Nimpha (Jeffrey).”

Commenting on his recent trial stint, the former Malick Senior striker said, “The coach (Ian McCall) likes what he has been seeing and they actually feel here that myself and Collin can be the top two strikers in Dundee. “Now it’s just a matter of us proving ourselves. The players have made us feel very welcome. The training has been real intense but we know that this is what we have to expect once we want to make it out here.” Samuel joined the Dundee outfit from Scottish First Division champs Falkirk for a fee of ?100,000 last weekend. While he will join McCall, who was his coach during  his lone season at Falkirk, Samuel was quick to note, “I have played several times for my country. In the summer I went away with the team to South Africa and played against Kenya and South Africa. “We drew two games 1-1 and lost 2-1 to South Africa. It was a good experience. We (the TT team) are starting the journey for the World Cup campaign. Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy have retired from international football so it is a totally different team, a young one.”