The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Robertson hopes he can help United
Former Tannadice star linked with big-money move
Stephen Thompson and Ray McKinnon are keeping their fingers crossed that Andy Robertson makes a big money move away from Hull City this summer.
And the former Dundee United defender would be delighted if his old club get an important financial shot in the arm should it happen.
Robertson, whose transfer down south included a 10% sell-on clause, cautioned, however, that there is nothing concrete yet in talk of a transfer.
“Don’t get me wrong,” he said, “if I can help my old club along the way then so be it. But it has to be right for me first and foremost.
“It’s unbelievable getting linked with big clubs. That’s where you want to go, of course it is.
“If there is any truth in the papers then so be it. I’ll speak to my agents and see what they have to say.
“I’ll just be looking to my future and seeing what’s best for me.”
Liverpool, Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon have all been linked with Robertson, with Hull having put a £25 million price tag on him at one point (though nearer £10 million would be more realistic).
“I think that price is crazy,” Robertson said. “It’s going down and down. It’ll be £1 million soon! That’s the way I like it.
“It’s crazy money down there. I’m not looking into it.
“I’ve seen the speculation in the papers and people talking about it, but I’ve switched my phone off for the last week or two to try and focus on the England game.
“It was such a massive game for all of the boys and it’s unfair for anyone to think about their future.
“I’ll have plenty of time to do that. I’m looking forward to getting away now on holiday and if something gets sorted in that time then so be it.”
Robertson was back in Scotland to see United lose their play-off against Hamilton but he has backed the Tangerines to make next season a promotion-winning one.
“Yeah of course it’s sad,” said the exQueen’s Park full-back. “I went to the away leg, which was probably a mistake as I was in with the mad bunch up the back. “It was a disappointing day for them. “A big club like that deserves to be in the Premiership.
“There’s a lot of speculation about them just now and it’s a shame they didn’t get up, but they’ve already made a few good signings so hopefully next season they can go on and do it.”
Meanwhile, Robertson believes time for reflection will make Saturday’s point against England seem better than it felt in the immediate aftermath of the dramatic Hampden Park finale.
“If we held on I think it would have been the best moment of my career,” he said. “It’s hard to take. To be on such a high to that low is so hard. Maybe we need time to reflect.
“I think everyone would have taken a point at the start, especially at 1-0 down with 10 minutes to go when they have the possession. But it’s a tough one to take.
“In the last 10 minutes we maybe looked like we were running out of gas a wee bit. A few of the boys were getting cramp and we were thinking maybe we didn’t have anything left.
“Then Griff came up with two unbelievable free-kicks and you get that second wind.
“It’s a disappointing one to be so close to a victory over England but I think we will maybe be able to look back on it as one that is a positive point.”
Robertson added: “I think we need to take points in every game. Whether we need to win them I’m not quite sure. We will need to wait and see what other results are doing.
“We’ve got England out the way and we hope they go on and win every game now. You want them to beat everyone because we need to play catch up on Slovenia and Slovakia.
“We’ve taken a point and we will move on. The next four games are big but we need to focus on the positives from Slovenia and England. If we do that then we can pull off points in all the games.”