Hibernian are set to announce the signing of Dundee United frontman Simon Murray, Press Association Sport understands.
Leith boss Neil Lennon has beaten a host of rivals to land the 25-year-old's signature just a day after he was part of the Tannadice side who missed out on promotion to the Ladbrokes Premiership.
Murray informed United chiefs after their play-off final defeat to Hamilton he was making the move to Edinburgh.
Hibs are preparing for their own return to the top flight and Lennon reckons Murray's pace and finishing prowess could come in handy for his Easter Road outfit next term.
Read more: Dundee United's future looks bleak after they fail to win promotion back to the Premiership
Pictures showing the forward wearing a Hibs' training kit at the club's East Mains training ground have already appeared online and his move is expected to be confirmed later on Monday.
Partick Thistle, St Johnstone and Inverness were also monitoring Murray's situation but he has now decided to make the move to the capital.
Murray struck four goals in four games as United battled their way into the play-off final against Accies.
But he was unable to provide the strikes to fend off Martin Canning's men and see the Tangerines promoted.
The former Arbroath striker leaves Tannadice having netted 25 goals in 75 appearances since making his move from Gayfield in 2015.
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 hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel