ST JOHNSTONE are close to selling Stevie May after receiving an offer worth £1.2m from Sky Bet Championship club Rotherham United.
May had stated he was prepared to sign a new contract with the Perth club this summer but that did not happen and his existing deal is due to run out at the end of this season.
That could make a seven-figure offer irresistible to St Johnstone, although a move would also depend on whether May himself was prepared to join the English club which was promoted in May via the League 1 play-offs. St Johnstone have allowed another striker, Nigel Hasselbaink, to leave this summer already, with the Dutchman having since signed a two-year contract with Greek Super League side FC Veria.
Steve Evans, the Rotherham manager, has attempted to sign May before but previous attempts were rebuffed by Steve Brown, the St Johnstone chairman. However, last night the Perth club confirmed that talks were ongoing. The 21-year-old scored 27 times last season and became an iconic figure in their triumphant run in the William Hill Scottish Cup.
It is believed that Rotherham may be prepared to pay £600,000 up front and the remainder in instalments over the coming season. The club reportedly broke its transfer record to sign Jordan Bowery from Aston Villa last month, although the fee was undisclosed, but the sum on offer for May would take their club record even higher.
A club statement last night read: "St Johnstone can confirm that they have received an approach from Rotherham United regarding Stevie May and talks between the two clubs are ongoing."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article