A season less festive for United’s French attacker Biamou

DUNDEE United boss Tam Courts has revealed that French striker Max Biamou could miss the festive period run-in with a foot injury.

Biamou has made just three sub appearances for the Tannadice side – a total of 56 minutes – since joining on a free from Coventry City in October.

He went for X-rays last week on a troublesome foot problem and is likely to miss the forthcoming games with Motherwell, Celtic and Livingston.

Courts said: “Max went for a scan during the week because he had a collision on his foot at Livingston.

“It has been very stopstart for him since he has come to the club.

“He has bone bruising and we need to nurse him back to full fitness as soon as possible.

“When will he be back? It will be down to his pain threshold and when the discomfort allows him to train and play.

“Hopefully he’ll be back within a week or two.”

Meanwhile, Courts was frustrated to see his side concede a stoppage-time equaliser against 10-man Ross County.

But Courts admitted County deserved their point after his team struggled to get control of the game.

Courts said: “I’m just frustrated we couldn’t see it through. We’ve had a few 1-0 victories this year and normally the players can see it through, but it is always precarious. We saw that today.

“We have an over-riding objective which is to hang on to the teams at the very top for as long as possible.

“We’re frustrated to pass up the opportunity to move joint second but, by the same token, looking at the game from first minute to last, a draw was probably fair. Our attitude and application was pretty evident, but we lacked a bit of control and composure.”

Max Biamou could be out for the next three games.