'I loved it' - Robertson grateful for United spell

Before the Champions League and Premier League titles, Scotland captaincy and Liverpool hero status, Andy Robertson was a skinny teenager starting his professional career at Tannadice.

Dundee United plucked the then 19-year-old left-back from fourth-tier Queen’s Park in June 2013 and paid him a few hundred quid a week.

That wage was quickly raised as Robertson set about showcasing the talent that would take him to the top of the game.

He spent only a year with United, but it holds a special place in the Scotland skipper’s heart.

Within months he had earned a first Scotland call-up and by the end of the season he was off to Premier League Hull.

Recalling his United spell, 32-year-old Tottenham defender Robertson told The Overlap Podcast: “I think my first contract with Dundee United was £300 or £350 a week.

“But to be fair to the club, I played the first month and they gave me a new contract quite quickly.

“At Dundee United I just loved training every day. I loved being able to play football every single day.

“And then everything just kind of fell into place for me. I had a really good season. We had such an exciting team, a young team, Ryan Gauld, John Souttar, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven.

“So we had really good young Scottish players who were making their way. Jackie McNamara was a young Scottish manager. So everyone was watching us that season and we were just loving it.

“It was simple, just get yourself forward and try to help out. I had John Rankin, an experienced player that helped me out and covered at left-back. I loved it at United.”

Although he want on to become a Liverpool favourite, Robertson revealed he almost moved to Everton from Tannadice.

“Everton put a bid in for me in the January,” he said. “They didn’t bid enough. I think they bid £750k.

“Dundee United wanted £1.5m and the manager was saying, ‘I’m not losing him’. And to be fair it was a good decision for Dundee United because they ended up getting £2.85m in the summer.”