United sign former Dark Blue Cameron on loan from Rangers

Lyall Cameron has headed back to Tayside, with the former Dundee midfielder joining city rivals United on a season-long loan from Rangers.

The 23-year-old was a youth with United before switching to Dundee, where he made 120 first-team appearances, winning international honours with Scotland Under-21s.

But he has played only 10 times for Rangers, half of those as a substitute, since signing for the Glasgow club last summer and spent the second half of last season on loan to Aberdeen.

United manager Jim Goodwin told his club website: "He's no stranger to this city and has tasted a lot of success here in his career to date, but he comes from a family of United fans and wants to make his mark in a Tangerine shirt.

"We think he will really complement our midfield options and also add that know-how of the club and of the area that he can pass on during his time here."

Cameron, who had loan spells from Dundee to Peterhead and Montrose, made 17 appearances for Aberdeen, all but four of them starts, but has not played since his return to Ibrox this summer.

Now, promising to "create chances and score goals and hopefully get the fans off their feet", he is excited about the prospect of making his United debut in Wednesday's Scottish Premiership visit to Motherwell.

"It's no secret my family are United fans, so I'm looking forward to be playing at Tannadice in front of the home supporters soon," he added.