The club can this evening confirm Scott Wright has joined Dundee FC on loan until the end of the season.

Scott joined the AFC Youth Academy as an eleven-year-old and made his senior debut for the first team in the UEFA Europa League game against FK Daugava Riga in July 2014. On the final day of the 2016/17 season, Scott made his first start for his boyhood club and marked it in style by scoring a hat-trick in a 6-0 defeat of Partick Thistle. Scott signed a contract extension at Aberdeen in October 2017.

To date, the 21 year old has made 52 Aberdeen appearances, with 16 starts and has scored four goals. This season he has made 18 appearances, providing three assists.

The winger spoke to afc.co.uk after the paperwork was completed for his loan move to Dens.

“I am looking forward to going down there and getting started.

“I will hopefully come back a better player for Aberdeen. The manager has said to me that is the bigger picture.

“I speak to the manager regularly and we have spoken about me going out on loan. We both came to the agreement that this is the best solution for me just now.

“It will be different as I’ve been with the club since I was a young boy, but it will be a good experience for me and all part of my football education.

“You can always improve as a footballer and I will work hard at Dundee to do that.”

Derek McInnes added. “I think it’s the right move for Scott at this stage and a great opportunity for him to gain experience which will be invaluable in his future AFC career.

“The hope is he’ll come back to us fully equipped to deal with the demands of our team.”

Everyone at Pittodrie wishes Scott well during his time at Dens Park.