ST JOHNSTONE have announced that Brad McKay has been released as a result of Richard Foster arriving from Ross County.
The 23-year-old has made three appearances for Saints this season, including a goalscoring performance in a 3-2 win over former club Hearts in the League Cup.
However, the centre-back was let go from McDiarmid Park on Monday, with manager Tommy Wright revealing that McKay wasn't in his first team plans.
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“It’s never an easy decision to release players but our situation is that with early-season injuries to Tom Scobbie and Keith Watson I needed to bring in a full-back and particularly a full-back who can play equally well on both sides of the pitch and I’ve gained that by signing Richard Foster," Wright told St Johnstone's official website.
“It has simply been a case that to get one player in, one had to be released and I feel that with Steven Anderson fit, Liam Gordon available and Ally Gilchrist coming back from injury plus the fact that Keith Watson can play in the middle of defence if required that we have more than enough cover and unfortunately I didn’t see Brad playing regularly.
“We’ve been in dialogue with Brad over recent days and I hope that by releasing him it allows him to find another club and he leaves here with our best wishes.”
McKay moved to Perth from Hearts last summer and spent the second half of the 2015/16 season on loan at Dunfermline, helping them win the League One title.
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