Marc McNulty's Dundee United season over as Tam Courts insists striker will be looked after even if he doesn't stay

Marc McNulty will miss the rest of the season after the Dundee United striker suffered a knee injury.

The Reading loanee collided with team-mate Liam Smith at the weekend in their 1-0 victory over Motherwell that gave the Terrors a massive lift in the race for Europe.

But they'll lose a member of the Tannadice frontline for the final three games in the race to grab a Europa Conference League spot with McNulty's future up in the air.

Ahead of a trip to face Rangers on Sunday, head coach Tam Courts said: "Marc McNulty is going to be out and will miss the rest of the season. That innocuous challenge with a team-mate has been quite a severe one.

"We have just got the scan results back so I don't know the full extent but I know enough to suggest that his season is over."

McNulty's Reading contract expires at the end of the campaign and he's indicated he won't be extending his time with the Royals.

The former Livingston and Hibernian striker will continue having discussions with United sporting director Tony Asghar over his future.

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"I'm sure he will be having discussions with Tony internally with us," Courts said.

"He knows that even beyond the injury we will look after him until he's back training fully