Double cup holders St Johnstone have moved to bolster their attacking options by offering a deal to Greg Stewart.
The former Dundee and Rangers man is a free agent since leaving Ibrox at the end of last season and it is understood Saints are keen to snap him up.
With the Premiership restart on the horizon and a Europa League qualifier to come next week, the Perth club want to add creativity to their frontline.
That’s after the departure of Craig Conway and Glenn Middleton last season.
It emerged earlier today they are favourites to land highly-rated Finnish striker Eetu Vertainen.
However, sealing that deal won’t affect their pursuit of Stewart.
Tayside return
If Stewart signs at McDiarmid Park it will be a return to Tayside, the area he made his name in the game.
The forward remains a cult hero at Dundee after his goals helped the Dark Blues to a top-six Premiership finish in 2014/15.
Fans of the Dens Park club hoped to see Stewart return this summer after leaving Rangers.
However, the wages of a playing having just departed Ibrox are likely to have been too high for a newly-promoted club.
After joining from Cowdenbeath, Stewart’s 22 Premiership goals in two campaigns for Dundee impressed Birmingham City enough to make a move for Stewart.
That deal was worth £500,000, rising to £1 million with add-ons.
His time at St Andrews, though, didn’t last long following the departure of manager Gary Rowett and Stewart returned to Scotland with Aberdeen on loan.
He would be back again to Pittodrie after a successful loan spell at Kilmarnock before departing the English Championship side.
Having left Birmingham, he joined boyhood club Rangers on a free transfer.
In his two seasons at Ibrox Stewart played 33 times, scoring three goals. Last season he featured five times as Steven Gerrard’s side won the Premiership title.
