Dundee Football Club can confirm that Simon Murray has been named as the new Club Captain.

Simon who joined us last season will now captain The Dee, the club he supported as a boy.

After a short loan spell in 2018, Simon returned to Dens last year and in his first season back played 46 times and scored 22 goals.

At the end of the season awards Simon took home the Players Player of the Year trophy and the Andrew De Vries Player of the Year trophy.

On being announced as the new captain of the club Simon said, “It is a massive honour. Being from here, growing up as a Dundee fan and now getting that responsibility from the new gaffer is great and something that I am really proud of.

“We’ve had a few days in training and I had a good chat with the gaffer, he pulled me in and we had a really good chat and he said that he wanted me to be the captain. It was an easy decision for me to accept. I’m going to give it my all and I look forward to the challenge.

“I’m not going to change, the gaffer was pretty clear that he wants me just to be me. Just to bring what I bring, enthusiasm, hard work, and leadership skills and for me just be my own person and just keep doing what I’m doing. He said that was the reason that he chose me to be captain.

“The fans are our twelfth man, they are so important to us and hopefully, they are all back to Dens to spur us on again.”

Congratulations Simon.