Following the departure of Tam Courts to Budapest Honved, Dundee United have appointed Jack Ross as their new head coach on a two-year deal.
The 46-year-old is now tasked with either replicating or bettering last season’s fourth-placed finish in the Scottish Premiership, their highest top-flight placing for nearly a decade.
Ross has brought in Steven Fletcher, Craig Sibbald and Dylan Levitt so far this summer, the latter joining on a permanent deal from Manchester United,
and the Tangerines boss is hoping to make further additions before the 2022-23 campaign, with a new goalkeeper high on the agenda following Benjamin Siegrist’s move to Celtic.
Dundee United began their pre-season preparations with a 1-1 draw against Northampton Town in a behind-closed-doors friendly, before travelling to Spain and losing 1-0 against Port Vale on Wednesday.
The Tangerines are scheduled to return back to Scotland for Saturday’s home clash with Sunderland before facing another League One side in the form of Fleetwood Town at Highbury
the following weekend. Ross and co have just under two weeks to prepare for their opening Premiership fixture against newly-promoted Kilmarnock on July 30.
Sunderland, meanwhile, ended their pre-season tour of Portugal with a 2-0 defeat against Jose Mourinho’s Roma on Wednesday.
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The Black Cats had previously seen their friendly against Rangers abandoned at half time due to a power cut at the Estadio Municipal de Albufeira. Versatile midfielder Luke O’Nien scored the only goal of the shortened game.
Alex Neil’s men now have four more pre-season friendlies this summer against Dundee United, Bradford City, Accrington Stanley and Hartlepool United before kicking off their 2022-23 Championship campaign against Coventry City on July 31.
Sunderland ended their four-year stay in League One after beating Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 in the playoff final last season, with the appointment of Neil in February a huge factor behind their upturn in form towards the back-end of the campaign.
