Dundee boss Paul Hartley is planning on having Greg Stewart in his squad for Saturday’s lunchtime clash with Rangers after the player failed to agree personal terms with Birmingham City over a proposed transfer.
Both clubs agreed a fee for the 26-year-old earlier this week but the deal has hit a stumbling block.
Now, unless the English side and Stewart’s representatives can iron out the problems, he will be considered for inclusion in the team to play Mark Warburton’s side.
Hartley said this morning: “He (Stewart) is still a Dundee player. He’s part of the squad for Saturday and will train today.
“He’s fit. He missed Monday and Tuesday because of injury and he’s available today.
“He has turned down the personal terms just now. Will that change? I don’t know. The club had agreed the transfer fee, the personal terms have not been agreed.”
Meanwhile, Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett has admitted there is more chance of Stewart’s move to Birmingham City not happening right now.
The Blues boss said: “I’d be more confident of it probably not happening than I am of it happening. I’d be exactly the same if I was a player.
“I’m surmising because I don’t know but if I felt as though maybe there’s two or three clubs interested I’d try to maximise the situation for me as a player.
“I think you have to do that. Some players you get a window of opportunity where not only is it a football decision but it’s also an all-round decision. I’ve got no problem with that.
“It’s up to us to try to either move the bar in terms of where we can get to try and get him on board or to move on.
“We are set in terms of where we can go financially so we’ve just got to make sure when we’re paying a fee for a player, the rest of it falls into line with where we are.”
