Dundee have confirmed the return of Liverpool left-back Owen Beck on loan for the rest of the season.
The 21-year-old was recalled in January after scoring twice in 20 appearances for Dundee and he made his Liverpool debut off the bench against Bournemouth on January 21.
That quashed potential interest from Celtic and Rangers as players can only feature for two clubs in one season and Liverpool were happy to allow the Wales Under-21 international to return to Tayside as fellow left-backs Kostas Tsimikas and Andy Robertson got back to fitness.
Beck told DeeTV: “I am made up to be back, after the first half of the season that we both had together. I now just can’t wait to get back out there and perform in front of the fans again.
“I just want to thank the Dundee fans for their support in the first half of the season, even when you found out I got recalled you were fantastic with me, but I am back again, so let’s get to work again.”
Dundee signed Burnley left-back Owen Dodgson on loan earlier this month and he has played two league games but manager Tony Docherty seized the chance to get Beck back to Dens Park.
Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s game at Aberdeen, Docherty said: “It came to our attention on Sunday after the Liverpool game when Andy Robertson came on and with Tsimikas returning from injury there might be a possibility that Owen might return to us.
“He’s made such a positive impact in the first half of the season both on and off the pitch.
“When we got confirmation from Liverpool that he could come back to Dundee everyone at the club was so excited, the coaches, the players, and all the other staff at the club.
“I know the fans will be overjoyed that Owen is back as they loved watching him play in the dark blue of Dundee.
“We are just looking forward to getting Owen back to what Owen is, he is a brilliant boy, a fantastic member of a really good squad and everyone is really looking forward to having him back.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here