Tony Watt reveals Dundee United true derby motivation as he insists he 'couldn't care less' about scoring goals

Defiant Tony Watt insists the Dundee United players are firmly focused on winning and not taking revenge for the “Doon derby”.

The United fans are still hurting after that infamous night in 2016 at Dens as the Dark Blues won 2-1 to send their neighbours down into the Championship.

Now it’s Dee’s Premiership survival hanging by a thread and although a win for Tam Courts ’ men on Saturday would not relegate them, it would hammer another nail in the coffin – something that would delight the the home support at a packed Tannadice.

But former Celtic striker Watt is adamant that what happened in the past does not concern him and his only focus is on winning to clinch a top-six spot for the club.

He said: “Fair play to the fans whatever their agendas are but we just want to beat them because they are our rivals. We’re only focused on the positives and where we can end up.

“We will just let the rest take care of itself – we can’t worry about anybody else. That’s the way we have to do our jobs, being professional.

“If you wish negativity on other people, that’s letting negativity into your life which is hard because it can stay in your life.”

United know a draw would be enough to secure a top-six finish but Watt, 28, insisted he would accept nothing less than a victory.

He said: “Regardless of the situation, we need to win the game. It is a derby so there is none of this looking at the permutations.

“No, we want to win and that’s all we are focused on. If we don’t we will be really upset regardless if we get into the top six or not.”

“Our target has always been to win as many games as possible. I know we can’t win every one or we’d be winning the league which is a bit unrealistic but we need to try to win the ones in