Overview
- The former Scotland forward signed after completing a medical, agreeing a contract through the end of the season and taking the number 77 shirt.
- Goodwin says Russell’s movement, decision-making and influence in big moments provide a different option in the final third.
- The ex-United youth product returns 13 years after departing, having scored 46 goals in 120 games before a 2013 move to Derby County.
- Russell arrives as a free agent following an MLS spell that included Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake last year.
- He holds 14 Scotland caps and is reported with 69 MLS goals, the most by a Scottish player in the league.