Banks takes new Tannadice role

The 37-year-old has agreed a three-year contract a day after leaving the Edinburgh club.Banks went from first-choice stopper at Tynecastle to youth-team goalkeeping coach earlier this season but he will be involved in the United first team.Levein has signed him as back-up keeper but the Englishman may find himself as a number one again if United struggle to find a replacement for Lukasz Zaluska, who is moving to Celtic.Levein told Dundee United's official website: "With Lukasz Zaluska, Michael McGovern and now Scott Thomson all leaving, I wanted to find an experienced goalkeeper who could still play at the highest level and had the necessary qualifications to act as goalkeeping coach."I had to act quickly to secure the services of Stevie Banks who meets these criteria in every respect."Stevie will act as back-up keeper for our new first-team keeper, but has such experience and ability that I'd have no hesitation in starting him in the first team, should the replacement for Lukasz take a little longer than anticipated to find."

Source: Team_Talk