Murray relishing 'responsibility' of being new Dundee captain
Simon Murray says it was "an easy decision" to accept and "a massive honour" to be announced as captain of Dundee.The striker, who rejoined his boyhood club last season after a short loan in 2018, scored 22 goals in 48 games in the campaign gone by.He had the captain's armband around his bicep throughout the season after injury interrupted previous Joe Shaughnessy's campaign and Trevor Carson was in and out of the team.Murray admitted he will "give his all" to the role assured he is "not going to change" despite the new responsibility."It is a massive honour," he told club media."Being from here, growing up as a Dundee fan and now getting that responsibility from the new gaffer is great and something that I am really proud of."We've had a few days in training and I had a good chat with the gaffer, he pulled me in and we had a really good chat and he said that he wanted me to be the captain. "It was an easy decision for me to accept. I'm going to give it my all and I look forward to the challenge."I'm not going to change. The gaffer was pretty clear that he wants me just to be me. "Just to bring what I bring, enthusiasm, hard work, and leadership skills and for me just be my own person and just keep doing what I'm doing. He said that was the reason that he chose me to be captain."
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