United have a keeper in Ben says Konrad

FORMER Dundee defender Thomas Konrad urged new Dundee United signing Benjamin Siegrist to make the switch to the City of Discovery – even if it meant joining the wrong club.

The German central defender spent two enjoyable years with the Dark Blues from 2014 to 2016 and has just left Swiss second-tier side Vaduz.

He spent his two seasons with the Liechtenstein-based club with new Tannadice signing Siegrist and says the Tangerines have got themselves a keeper – though he’d have preferred him to have signed for the Dark Blues instead.

Konrad said: “He asked me a lot about my time in Dundee and said United had called him. I said ‘if you can do it, sign’.

“It’s a really good club – even if it’s the rival of my team! I’d prefer if he signed for Dundee but it’s still a good club.

“United have got a good goalkeeper in him. He’s massive, really tall and his English is perfect so that won’t be a problem.

“He’s good on the ball and can pass well. Even under pressure you can pass him the ball and he can deal with it, he’s calm and experienced. He’s dominant in the box, too, and comes for crosses.

“At Vaduz there were two goalkeepers and they switched all the time but I really enjoyed playing when Benjamin was in goal.”

Konrad is considering offers from Holland and Germany but says he’d be happy to return to Scotland.

“I would go back to Scotland, I really enjoyed my two years there, though I’ve not had any options there. If there was a good offer I would go back.

“A year ago at Vaduz we were relegated and weren’t able to go back up last campaign.

“We had a poor start to the season with basically a new team. You could compare it to Dundee United’s season in the Championship. There was one team that had a good start and just kept winning.

“It was nice in Vaduz, a good place to play. I can’t compare it to Scotland, though.

“The fans in Dundee were mad for