Alan Combe has told Bradford City: Don't forget about me.

The Scottish keeper wants to escape his Dundee United hell, where he has not played a senior game since December 2000. And City are still keen on bringing Combe south after his successful loan spell with them last season.

But they don't have the cash to make a move during the current transfer window and would have to wait until the summer when his contract runs out.

Having seen the Scottish club's interest cool in Andy Tod, Combe will be hoping his escape bid remains alive.

Combe said: "Coming to Bradford last year gave me that spark again which comes from playing regularly. But that has disappeared being back up here and going nowhere.

"I've played four games all season for the reserves and one of them wasn't even a competitive match.

"I can't get a game for the team who are bottom of the league and have the worst goals against record. That speaks volumes about what the Dundee United manager thinks of me."

Combe's isolation at Tannadice will amaze City fans after his terrific performances during his three months in England - form that even won him a call-up into the Scotland squad. Now he is lucky to make it onto the Dundee United bench.

He added: "Things have actually improved a bit for me since Paul Hegarty took over as manager. Before I was training with the kids and at least now I'm back with the first team.

"But even though I've been a sub a couple of times I'm never going to get a game.

"I've not really heard anything from Bradford but I can't wait to get away from here. I would rather something came up a bit sooner than the summer but I've got used to being patient - it's been like this for two years now.

"It's obviously good news if Bradford are talking about me again. But at this moment in time I don't know what the future holds, apart from knowing it won't be at Dundee United."