ZAK RUDDEN is reportedly close to joining Dundee in an early January move. 

The Partick Thistle striker has already agreed a pre-contract with the Dens Park club, and is due to move this summer. 

But with the Dark Blues struggling at the bottom of the Premiership, James McPake is keen to get the ex-Rangers attacker in now. 

Sky Sports' Anthony Joseph reports that a deal with Thistle is close to being agreed. 

It's been said that there could be players heading to Firhill as part of the deal, with Declan McDaid's name heavily linked.