Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Dundee transfer frustration continues as boss Gary Bowyer reveals why Dee have ‘missed out on quite a few’ new signings

Dundee boss Gary Bowyer has been frustrated in the transfer market.
Dundee boss Gary Bowyer has been frustrated in the transfer market.

Dundee have missed out on “quite a few” new signings during this transfer window already admits manager Gary Bowyer.

After a frustrating summer window where only one permanent signing arrived in the shape of Tyler French, the early days of January has followed a similar course.

The Dark Blues boss has made no attempt to hide his desire to add to his squad this month.

However, getting new faces in the building continues to elude the former Blackburn boss.

“We have missed out on quite a few. It has been difficult, it’s been hard,” Bowyer said.

“Gary Ogilvie (head of recruitment) has been magnificent in identifying players.

“However, there are some we’ve just been gazumped, simple as that. Higher league, more money.

“It’s been hard to get something over the line for us.”

More difficult than anticipated?

So far in his time as Dundee boss, Bowyer has signed two players permanently in French and free agent Derick Osei.

Dundee defender Tyler French was the only permanent summer signing.

While Ben Williamson, Joe Grayson and Zach Robinson came in on loan. Robinson, meanwhile, has been recalled by parent club AFC Wimbledon.

Asked if it has been more difficult to sign players than he anticipated when taking the job, Bowyer replied: “Yeah, definitely. 100%.

“The pool seems to be not as big as what we thought.”

Conversation