14/9/01
United looks set to agree a new, improved contract with Jamie Buchan who joined United in June 2000 from Aberdeen and last season made more appearances for United than any other player at Tannadice.
"There was an arrangement when Jamie signed that if he played 40 games for us we would renegotiate terms," United manager Alex Smith revealed yesterday. "We've been talking and are just about there with him. We are looking at a contract which will cover the near two years he had left on the old contract plus a further 12 months."