Brannigan’s confident fans will buy into Utd’s ambition

However, he has assured Arabs their ticket deals will be value-formoney for loyal fans and reflect any games lost with the shortened ending to last term.

Brannigan added: “The support has been outstanding and it is our view there will be a strong uptake.

“What we’ve done, purposefully, is try to look after the fans who have been with us for a number of years.

“If you l ook at last year’s process, what we tried to do was generate as many fans who would be renewing this season with our plans for returning to the Premiership.

“What we have done is look after them, there has been a price increase but we believe we’ve minimised the impact of that for them.

“The fans have, unfortunately, missed out on a number of games, so our price point has reflected that, especially for those who are renewing.

“They will have at least one more home league game, so we’re taking all we know right now into consideration when looking at the prices.”

And Brannigan is hopeful at least one other person will be with them for the new campaign – star man Lawrence Shankland.

The United chief believes Shankland’s commitment to and happiness at the club is testament to the work of Tangerines boss Robbie Neilson and his staff.

“It’s a great indication of how Robbie and his staff are respected by the players and the job they’re doing with the individuals,” Brannigan continued.

“In our view, it’s a show of strength that individual players have improved but, as a team, we are a collective.

“You can see that from how we have come together over the year to deliver the result at the end of it.”