St Johnstone’s Brad McKay could leave on loan

St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright is open to the idea of loaning out Brad McKay.

The former Hearts defender has been out of the first team picture at McDiarmid Park since August, and has only played three times for the Perth club.

McKay needs to be playing games, Wright admitted, but there may be a stronger prospect of that happening elsewhere for the remainder of this season.

“Brad has been made available for loan and we’ll see if the right kind of club comes in for him,” Wright said.

“He won’t just be going for the sake of it, we want the right team for him.

“He’s very much part of the squad here but he’s not been able to get into the team and we both feel he needs games.

“He came here from Hearts for that and he hasn’t played as much as he would’ve liked because of the way others are playing.

“He’s been working hard in training but needs to get playing again.

“Brad is still contracted to us for 18 months so he’s still very much our player and in our thoughts, but at this moment in time he needs football.

“If the right club comes in we’ll look at it, if not he’ll stay here and fight for a place.”