Dundee United have accomplished a deal to signal Australia worldwide Aziz Behich. Jack Ross has snapped up the 31-year-old left-back on a two-year contract after his departure from Giresunspor.
Behich has 52 caps for the Socceroos, together with of their 2015 Asian Cup success and 2018 World Cup marketing campaign, whereas he has additionally performed for the likes of PSV Eindhoven and Istanbul Basaksehir. He turns into Ross' fifth addition of the window and solves a depth challenge on the left-hand facet of his defence.
The versatile Behich may also play as a left winger and Ross reckons he'll thrive within the Scottish Premiership. The Dundee United boss mentioned: "I’m actually excited to get Aziz to the membership. I’ve spoken quite a bit about wanting so as to add actual depth and high quality to our squad. Aziz has acquired actual high quality. Take a look at the variety of video games he has performed for his nation and the variety of huge video games he has performed at membership stage.
"It’s an actual coup for us to get a participant of his calibre and expertise to the membership and it's testomony to the recruitment crew for getting him right here. In all our talks with him he has proven an actual want to come back right here. He has an enormous starvation for the sport and the followers will take pleasure in watching him.
"He’s acquired a little bit of character about him and I feel the Scottish recreation will swimsuit him. One of many traits we have been wanting so as to add to the squad was pace and power and I feel Aziz will deliver that.
"Loads of credit score has to go to our recruitment crew in recognising the necessity to add high quality to our ranks to construct on final season’s achievements. We’ve been affected person, labored laborious on recruitment and I really feel I’ve been effectively supported in attempting to deliver the suitable gamers into the membership."