Work on Tannadice shows US owners’ commitment

County, Sheffield United and Coventry down south, as well as Dundalk in Ireland, he understood why such work was not being done by previous regimes.

“Money goes to the team or somewhere where there’s a commercial return. It’s always worth investing, if money is tight, in somewhere where you can create actual additional working capital for the business and I have done it working in other football clubs.

“I completely understand the position the club was in. It was disappointing for ourselves in the fact it was something we’ve had to pay for but it was a reflection in the price paid.”

Brannigan believes a pleasant offshoot of the work that’s been going on and will continue is it’s been the best way of the Americans showing fans they’re at United for the long haul.

It’s also further proof Tannadice will remain United’s home.

“There’s been no commercial benefit from the work on the Eddie Thompson Stand, it was about making sure that the stadium looks in the right light again going forward.

“And Tannadice is our home and there have been no conversations or chat around the boardroom table about moving anywhere else. It’s all about improving here.”

More work is planned and a lot of that will be undertaken over the next few summers.

“I think it took us a few months to look at the football club and to see where’s good, where we would need to improve, where we would need to go in a different direction,” added Brannigan. “I think that’s probably going to be ongoing for the next couple of years.”