New St Johnstone manager, Simo Valakari, could soon make his first signing.
Courier Sport understands that Croatian centre-back, Bozo Mikulic, impressed as a trialist in a Friday closed-doors game against Hibs.
And the 27-year-old, who arrived on Wednesday and trained on Thursday, is now set for talks with a view to linking up again with his old boss in Scotland.
Mikulic, a free agent, played under Valakari at Auda in the Latvian top flight in 2022-23.
The 6ft 4in, left-sided central defender is a former Croatia under-19 international.
He has played for both RNK Split and Hadjuk Split and spent two spells in Italy, the first at Sampdoria.
Saints have been crying out for a commanding centre-half.
Valakari’s predecessor, Craig Levein, was attempting to identify a player for that position – as well as left-back – before he was sacked.
Conceding goals from set-pieces and corners has been the Perth side’s Achilles heel over the last few weeks and they are a man light, with Sam McClelland ruled out for the season.
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