Stephen Robinson insists Dylan Reid has backed himself by rejecting Celtic and choosing football over finances to remain at St Mirren.
The Paisley club had accepted a £125,000 offer from the Hoops for the Scotland U17 captain but Reid this week knocked back the Parkhead giants and committed to his boyhood Buddies. Saints boss Robinson reckons the 17-year-old midfielder could have been quids in had he made the switch to the east end of Glasgow where Ange Postecoglou admitted he was earmarked for the club’s B team.
But Robinson is adamant Reid, who has five top team appearances under his belt, is in the best place possible to grow into a proper first team player before moving on much like David Turnbull did under his guidance at Motherwell. He said: “I don’t know the finances but I’m sure it would have been a lot more rewarding than at St Mirren. Credit to Dylan he has backed himself because he believes he will break into the first team here.
