Former Rangers star could impact title race as Birmingham City loanee returns to fold at Premiership rival
The former Rangers player is on loan at a rival from Birmingham City.
A former Rangers player could yet have a say in the Premiership title race - as the Birmingham City loanee returns to fitness at a rival.
The Light Blues have dropped to third in the league and sit six points off leaders Hearts after a 2-2 draw with Celtic last weekend. There is also the looming threat of Motherwell over their shoulders who sit within a couple of games of Danny Rohl’s side, who are next on league duty against St Mirren on March 15th.
Favours from elsewhere are likely to be needed and one man who could help is Scott Wright. The winger left Rangers in 2024 for Birmingham City, having won the title at Ibrox, and started the 2022 Europa League final versus Eintracht Frankfurt. He has endured horrendous injury issues in England and has made a loan move from Birmingham City to Dundee for the rest of the season.
Birmingham City loanee’s fitness status
He has played in matches against Livingston, Celtic and Falkirk so far but suffered an injury setback in recent weeks. Ahead of a key game in hand for Motherwell against Dundee this weekend, boss and former Rangers defender Steven Pressley has declared Wright fit. It’s a big boost for the Dark Blues who could also call upon the winger against Hearts and Celtic before the split, games which Rangers will hope to see Dundee take some points out of.
Pressley said: “Scott is ready to go. The difficulty was when he arrived that he virtually had no game time behind him. When we played him against Celtic, he played longer than we’d hoped.
“In the end, it probably was a good thing. But the quick succession of that, then the Falkirk and Livingston games and also a combination of training on artificial surface as well maybe set him back. The unfortunate bit is that just when he was making progress, he was then off feet for nearly 10 days.
Why did Scott Wright sign for Dundee?
“It’s a setback but we hope now that he’ll get a chance to rebuild. It’s not easy but another thing we need in Scotland is a reserve league so we can get fixtures for players that need games. I can’t tell you how difficult it is. We’re trying desperately to get games, but there’s no games just now.
“The other thing is getting games on grass. We played Hearts last week, but we’re trying to get games, because I think guys like Scott Wright need these games to get them up to speed. We’re finding it really difficult and that’s not a good thing.”
Wright said of his move from Birmingham City to Dundee on loan: “It’s been very tough. I was really excited by the move to Birmingham but it’s been quite stop-start for me. I kind of hit the ground running when I got there, then picked up a little niggle but got back fit. I felt like I was getting back into the flow and then I suffered a bad one with my knee. Such is life, it’s football. It’s how you react and respond now, to try to get minutes.”