Two days shy of a year after he joined the club Ryan McGowan has left Dundee United to return to China.

The Australian international has today agreed to sign for Chinese Super League outfit Henan, and will fly to Beijing tomorrow from his current Hong Kong base for a medical and complete the formalities of the deal.

While McGowan was always the consummate professional off the park and a whole-hearted servant on it, his spell at United has been far from memorable, with the club on an almost continuous slide over the last 12 months.

Signed by Jackie McNamara on January 23 last year he debuted in 2-1 League Cup victory over Aberdeen at Hampden at the end of the month.

That was as good as it got for the 26-year-old full-back, through little fault of his own.

In total, he made 41 starts and scored one goal. And here it is…