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Dundee have been forced to drop their interest in trialist Makhtar N’Diaye after it was confirmed he broke his arm against Bradford and will be out for a prolonged period. Despite more reports to the contrary, Freddie Daquin has not been freed and is in tomorrow’s squad. The Dark Blues have again been linked with Steve Lovell, but the club were adamant no transfer business was set to be done before tomorrow. Dundee have enlisted the help of local MSP Joe FitzPatrick in their bid to get the SFA to reconsider their decision to demote the Dens Park club from their youth performance league. Mr FitzPatrick has also written to Stewart Maxwell, the Scottish government’s minister of sport asking him to investigate. Dundee were punished on a technicality concerning a second youth licence holder not being in employment when the SFA conducted an audit at the club. This was due to an employee moving on from Dens and a new licence holder not being recruited for several weeks.