Lobban signs contract extension before Dunfermline loan

Aberdeen full-back Dylan Lobban has penned a contract extension before joining Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the rest of the season. The 20-year-old had a breakthrough campaign for the Dons last season, proving to be one of the silver linings in a disappointing season, and has now signed a deal tying him to the club until 2029. But the right-back has struggled for minutes under new manager Stephen Robinson and now heads out on loan to East End Park, with the option of a January recall. He started two League Cup group stage games earlier in the campaign but was left on the bench for the win over Hearts before failing to make the squad for the loss to Dundee. Primarily a midfielder through his youth career, he was shifted to right-back during a spell on loan to Cove Rangers and made his Aberdeen league debut in October. Lobban remained in the side up until Christmas, starting most games and featuring heavily in the Dons' Conference League campaign. However, during Peter Leven's interim spell, he fell out of the team and he only started another two games after Robinson arrived in March. He did, though, break into the Scotland age-grade set-up and currently has four caps at under-21 level.