Field leaves Dark Blues after only 15 minutes of first-team football

LEFT-BACK Tom Field has left Dundee after playing just 15 minutes of football since arriving in January.

The 23-year-old was snapped up in a late deadline-day deal in the winter after the club were hit by news of first-choice full-back Jordan Marshall’s injury.

Marshall was ruled out for months with a severe thigh injury late in the window, prompting manager James McPake to move for Brentford’s Field, a player previously on the club’s radar.

However, a change of formation shortly after his arrival in February saw winger Declan McDaid excel at left wing-back leaving former Irish youth international Field on the bench.

He did make his Dark Blues bow at the start of March, playing the final 15 minutes as a substitute in a 0-0 draw at Ayr United.

That was the extent of the action for the former Brentford player, though, as Dundee’s continued good form and defensive solidity before the lockdown made it difficult to get a place in the team.

That and a curtailed season thanks to the coronavirus pandemic has seen Field barely kick a ball for the Dark Blues in his six months at the club.

Also leaving the club is youngster Grant Rodger after the defender’s youth contract came to an end.

Meanwhile, the club hope to conclude contract talks with the remaining playing squad over a proposed wage cut for the coming season this week.

The club have been hit hard financially by the coronavirus shutdown and have asked players to take a 50% cut to their wages for the next three months.

Pay will then increase to 75% of their current salaries once the Championship season restarts in October.

Combined across the next year, that amounts to around a 30% salary cut.

Paul McGowan signed a new deal on those terms at the start of the month as his previous contract ended while club captain Josh Meekings left at the end of his deal last week.

Tom Field barely featured for James McPake’s team.