Wright at a loss to explain no deal for May

Tommy Wright felt as if the blood had been sucked out of him when he was told that the Stevie May transfer had collapsed.

The St Johnstone boss has moved on to new targets now but the disappointment at the May deal falling through at the last minute is still fresh.

“I have missed out on targets late on before – even over the summer – just when you think you have them tied up,” said Wright, who had expected to give the Scottish Cup hero his second Saints debut against Brechin on Wednesday night. “It is an unfortunate part of the business.

“It was a moment when you felt the blood had almost been sucked out of you because it was so disappointing. I’m sure the fans will be sharing that disappointment.”

The Northern Irishman added: “We have been working on other targets but I thought he would have been a great signing.

“That is why I asked the club to do everything we could to get it done. I didn’t speak to Stevie during the process because I knew he wanted to come back.

“But I did chat to him on Tuesday before he passed his medical that night and he was looking forward to coming back. He was going to play in the cup game with Brechin.

“I got a call from the club to say the deal was dead and I was to start looking for another striker.

“When I put forward a player I want, the club deals with the contractual stuff.

“The bottom line is I haven’t got a striker I wanted and Stevie hasn’t got the club he wanted. But ultimately it doesn’t really matter why it fell through.”