Former Rangers star pinpoints key reason for SPFL Premiership return after 'stop-start' Birmingham City spell
The former Rangers and Aberdeen winger has made a return to Dundee in the January transfer window.
After a ‘stop-start’ spell at Birmingham City, a former Rangers man has lifted the lid on what attracted him to a Scottish Premiership return.
After three years at Ibrox, Scott Wright left Rangers for St Andrew’s in August 2024, where he has since struggled for minutes in an EFL Championship side that haven’t been afraid to splash the cash. After making only three league appearances this season, the winger has now been loaned back to his former club Dundee.
During his time at Rangers, Wright won every Scottish domestic trophy and was part of the side that narrowly lost out in the 2022 Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville. The 28-year old is looking forward to his Scottish football return and now that he’s injury-free, has plans to re-ignite his career north of the border.
Birmingham move ‘stop-start’ for former Ger
Speaking to The Courier about his Dens Park return, Wright said: “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.
“My knee feels good. I worked really hard throughout my rehab at Birmingham and I’ve been training for a few months now. So it’s just about trying to get the opportunity and the platform to go and get minutes – really prove to myself that I’m feeling good. I was training with the team from the start of December and then featured in a few games there in January. But the most important thing for me was to be a bit selfish and try to get some minutes. I’m ready to play.”
Wright had a solid start to his Blues career and played 16 games in their EFL League one record-breaking season, where they accumulated 111 points, the highest ever division points total. However, competing for a place in the starting XI alongside Championship veteran Patrick Roberts and £15 million signing Jay Stansfield, he’s slowly found himself sliding down the selection pecking order.
Wright happy to be ‘closer to home’
Aberdeen-born Wright is now happy to be closer to home following his Dundee loan switch as he has a young family and also stated Steven Pressley was a big factor in him returning to the club. He also spoke about his previous spell at Dens Park seven years ago, claiming now there are a lot of new faces.
He continued: “there were a couple of other options. But it was important for me to just get minutes and play in positions that I’m looking forward to trying to play which I think exploit my best attributes. It was good for me to get closer to home as well for my wife and my son until the end of the season. I had a very good chat with the manager, which was really productive. I was really impressed with what he had to say.
“I hadn’t really been frequently playing at Aberdeen and I was still young at the time. So in terms of a different experience, of trying to fight for our lives at that point... there was real pressure to try and deliver in these games. Unfortunately, for us as a team, it never worked out. The place is different now, I think Fin Robertson is the only one left since then! It’s good to be back. It was important for me, after spending so long injured, to get some minutes and I’m grateful to be given the platform here.”