Levein seeks keeper stay
27 Dec 2007 - 11:48:44
Dundee United head coach Craig Levein is hoping to persuade loan goalkeeper Grzegorz Szamotulski to remain at the club.
The 31-year-old has impressed since taking over from injured compatriot Lukasz Zaluska in the Terrors goal, but was dropped recently after Levein felt that the Pole had lost focus.
However, Szamotulski returned for the 2-0 defeat by Celtic, with Levein saying: "We are in discussions with Grzegorz to see if he'll stay with us a little bit longer.
"Lukasz won't be ready for another four to six weeks depending on whether we can get some games into him. If Grzegorz could remain for another couple of weeks it would help us get over that hump.
"Because Grzegorz's contract is up on the 31st of December and Lukasz isn't fit, I needed to give Euan McLean the games against St Mirren and Gretna.
"But I told Grzegorz that he would play against Celtic and Motherwell on Saturday. Even if we'd won 6-0 last Saturday, he would have been back in."