Sancho to join Dundee

NATIONAL defender Brent Sancho will be wearing the colours of Dundee in the Scottish Premier League for the 2003-04 season. The 26-year-old dreadlocked Sancho will be officially announced as a new signing today,  after he was granted his work permit at yesterday’s appeal hearing in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The six-man committee which decided Sancho’s fate comprised former Liverpool player Peter Cormack, ex-Hibernian representative Pat Stanton, ex-Rangers’ Willie McLean, and a representative each from the Scottish Premier League, the Professional Football Association and the Scottish Football Association. Sancho, who was formerly contracted with American A-League club Portland Timbers, said yesterday, “I was still feeling some shock even though the wait has been a long one. “I just left everything in God’s hands and things worked out well for me in the end. “I want to thank, obviously,  my family and my girlfriend for their support as well as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation for their assistance.” The ex-Joe Public and CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh stopper did not feature in the required  number of international matches and seemed unlikely to be granted a work permit. Sancho was the first national player to play professionally in Finland with Tevarit FC.