Former Aberdeen midfielder Derek Young reckons Fraser Fyvie will have no problems finding himself a new club.
Young teamed up with ex-Dons youngster Fyvie at the Cash for Kids charity game in Aberdeen recently, playing with the midfielder nearly a decade on from the first time they shared a pitch together.
Fyvie was let go by Dundee United earlier this summer and has joined their city rivals Dundee for pre-season training. The 26-year-old was a regular for United during the 2017-18 campaign under Csaba Laszlo but torn knee ligaments brought his season to a premature end. He struggled for game-time during last season and was let go by new Arabs boss Robbie Neilson ahead of the play-offs.
The two played together at Pittodrie before Fyvie left for then-Premier League side Wigan in 2012 and Young believes his quality will see him earn a new deal before too long.
He said: “Fraser is a fantastic player. He’s not had a proper game of football for five or six months and had a couple of horrendous injuries. He just needs to get himself back playing again with someone as soon as he can and he knows that.
“Ask anybody in Aberdeen how good he is and they know. When you get bad injuries and are out for a long time people seem to think all of a sudden you’re a bad footballer. That’s not the case. If you get yourself fit, hopefully someone takes a chance on you and the injuries stay away. You can carry on as you were.”
Young, an under-17s coach with the Dons and brother of East Fife boss Darren, has been taking his formative steps into coaching and has enjoyed the learning experience.
He added: “I’ve got a good wee team that I’m coaching and we’ve done fantastically well over the last year. We’re doing something right and I’m loving every minute of it. I’m still learning – you don’t walk in there and think you know everything.
“I’m learning off guys that haven’t played football. I don’t think you need to have played to be a good coach. There’s boys I’m learning off every day and with my experience having played the game, it comes in handy.”