St Johnstone captain Jason Kerr is set to sign for Wigan Athletic for £600,000.
The centre-back, who famously lifted two cups for the Perth club last season, has travelled south for a medical with the English League One club after a fee was agreed with Saints this afternoon.
It was a dramatic twist as earlier in the day it had looked as if Kerr was heading to Charlton Athletic, but Wigan’s offer blew the London side’s out of the water.
The 24-year-old arrived at McDiarmid Park in 2014 from Tynecastle Boys and will go down as St Johnstone legend.
He played over 100 times for the first team after loan spells with East Fife and Queen of the South.
In 2020/21 he led Callum Davidson’s side to their historic domestic double, scoring the crucial opening goal in the Betfred Cup semi-final against Hibs and a penalty in the Scottish Cup quarter-final shoot-out at Ibrox.
And in the recent Europa League qualifier against Galatasaray, Kerr held his nerve to put Saints in front in Istanbul.
The former Scotland under-21 international only had a year left on his contract, the same situation as Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Shaun Rooney and Zander Clark.
He’s joining a Wigan side fourth in their table.
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A player making the opposite journey from the EFL League One is Ali Crawford, returning to Scotland with Saints on loan until January.
Saints are also now working on securing a deadline day replacement for Kerr.