Frederic Frans (right) with then United goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima
Dundee United are understood to have pipped Partick Thistle and Ross County to the signature of Belgian defender Frederic Frans.
The 29-year-old centre-half is a former Thistle player but instead of returning to Firhill for a second spell or heading up to the Highlands he is believed to have opted for a move to Tannadice.
Frans had been playing in Belgium with Lierse last season but that club’s liquidation has left him looking for a move back to Scotland.
His last game for Lierse was a 2-2 home draw with O-H Leuven – four days before the club filed for bankruptcy.
