Dundee have signed Owen Dodgson on loan from Burnley until the end of the season, subject to international clearance.
The left-back becomes Tony Doherty's fourth signing of the transfer window, replacing Owen Beck to returned to Liverpool earlier this month.
Dodgson could make his debut in Saturday's Scottish Cup tie against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
Speaking to the club's website after the deal was finalised, the 20-year-old said: "It is a very good feeling to sign for a club the size of Dundee.
“It’s now time for me to excel now and prove what I have to offer as a player. I want to show this to the coaches, my teammates and the fans.
“The team have done very well in the first part of the season and I now want to come in and play my part and help the team have a really strong second half of the season.”
Dundee boss Tony Docherty added: "He is someone that our recruitment team have been monitoring since the summer and we were big admirers of him and we wanted to bring him to the club.
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“He ended up going to Barnsley for the first half of the season, but when we became aware that there was a possibility we could sign him in January, we did everything we could to bring him to the club.
“There were four or five teams down south and in Scotland that wanted to sign him in this window so we are extremely pleased that we have managed to convince him to come to Dundee.
“He is a good young footballer, who Burnley have very high hopes for and I think he will fit in very well with our system.
"He is a competent defender but he is great at going forward and what he’s got is a fantastic delivery and he chips in with assists."
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