Mullen vows to keep fighting as Dee battle drop

DUNDEE striker Danny Mullen insists he’ll give absolutely everything to keep the Dark Blues in the Premiership, even if his time at the club is coming to an end.

The club’s top scorer this season turned down a contract offer in the winter and appears set to depart Dens Park when the campaign finishes next Sunday.

But the 27-year-old says he’s not thinking beyond next weekend with Dundee still gripped in a battle to beat the drop.

They head to St Mirren today knowing defeat could see relegation confirmed, if St Johnstone can win at Livingston.

Though the odds are against them, Mullen’s attention is solely fixed on getting points on the board for the Dark Blues.

“I am just focused on Dundee and helping the team stay up,” he said.

“I’ve not been thinking about anything else, it’s all about surviving in the league.

“Whatever happens after that with me personally, I’ll take it as it comes.

“But right now I am giving everything I’ve got, like everyone is, to help us stay in the league.”

He added: “We want to finish the season strongly.

“We won down there before, so we know we’re capable of going there to get three points.

“Last weekend we didn’t take our chance when St Johnstone lost and we can’t afford to let that happen again.”

Mullen is preparing to head to one of his old stomping grounds this weekend after joining the Dark Blues from St Mirren in 2020.

And he’s also hoping for a bit of help from his first club Livi with St Johnstone in West Lothian.

While at Livingston, Mullen suffered the heartbreak of relegation back in 2015-16 as the Lions dropped from the Championship to League One.

And he helped see off Dundee United in the 2019 Premiership play-off final as St Mirren stayed in the top flight.

He feels that experience will help when it comes to the final three matches of the season.

“I was relegated with Livingston years ago and it’s not a nice feeling,” Mullen recalled.