He played less than 90 minutes of football last season and remains somewhat of an unknown quantity.There is, however, a growing sense that Theo Bair may soon be about to get his big St Johnstone break.The Canadian forward arrived in January from Vancouver Whitecaps and made just five appearances – against St Mirren, Hearts, Ross County, Rangers and Celtic – last season.
All of them were from the bench.With striker Callum Hendry signing for Salford City and Chris Kane still on the injury comeback, the door in an upcoming friendly and Premier Sports Cup fixtures is wedged open for Bair to impress.The 22-year-old already has pre-season goals to his name after netting in a 1-1 draw against Aberdeen during the club’s warm weather training camp in the Murcia region of Spain.He then found the back of the net on Tuesday afternoon in a high-scoring 6-3 defeat up in Inverness.Ahead of Saints welcoming Cove Rangers to McDiarmid Park on Saturday for a friendly and then the beginning of the cup group stage on Tuesday at home to Annan, The PA went in search of finding out more about Bair.Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic, Web Editor for One Soccer and who also covers Vancouver Whitecaps extensively, has kept a close eye on the 6ft 4ins frontman’s career so far.“He was one of the guys to watch in the academy,” Alexandre recalled. “He was a big, physically imposing striker and was scoring goals at a good rate at all levels.“When he got promoted at the end of 2018, beginning of 2019, it was exciting to see a Canadian youngster get an opportunity.
There was certainly a fair bit of buzz around him when he joined the Vancouver first team permanently. “He was in the team pre-season and you could see flashes.
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