Livingston boss David Martindale reckons Alan Forrest will get higher affords than Dundee United regardless of the Arabs being linked with a transfer for the winger.
The 25-year-old has been a key participant for the Lions throughout his two seasons in West Lothian and is out of contract in the summertime. Regardless of that, Martindale believes there's an opportunity he stays on the Tony Macaroni Area having already turned down a January transfer to St Johnstone.
He mentioned: "No disrespect to Dundee United however I feel he's going to have larger golf equipment after him and I additionally suppose I’ve bought a very good probability of retaining Alan.
"Alan may have left for St Johnstone within the January window and earned much more cash than he’s getting right here however he got here in and mentioned he didn’t wish to go.
"It wasn’t concerning the cash so honest play. I feel we’ve nonetheless bought a very good probability of retaining him however I do consider when Alan’s time comes he's going to have larger alternatives elsewhere."
Livi host United tomorrow evening figuring out they'll leap again into the highest six with a win and Martindale admits it is going to be a tough contest in opposition to a facet with a a lot higher funds than the Lions.
He mentioned: "Will probably be a tricky, powerful recreation. Tam (Courts, Dundee United supervisor) has accomplished rather well however he’s bought an enormous funds and he needs to be doing effectively.
"Tony Watt, Kevin MacDonald, Charlie Mulgrew, they've stored a maintain of Benji Siegrist, Marc McNulty - they're all gamers that command massive cash. They've an enormous funds however I feel Thomas has accomplished a very good job."
He added: "Everybody else likes to play budgets down however whenever you’re the membership with the smallest funds within the Premiership I wish to play it up. It’s a speaking level.
"I snort generally once I see a few of the feedback when groups go away in Europe and are enjoying groups which might be triple their budgets. After they get beat it’s, ‘what concerning the budgets, what concerning the budgets’. On the subject of Livingston, budgets don’t come into the equation."
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