We can confirm that Iain Wilson has joined Morton. The 24-year-old who has a year left on his contract with Queens moves to Cappielow on a season long loan.

Manager Marvin Bartley said “Iain had made it clear to me in the summer that he wanted to leave the club if he could secure a move to a Championship side.

Although that ended fruitless for him at the time, Morton expressed an interest just over 10 days ago and Iain made it clear it was something he wanted to do. I made my feelings clear that I didn’t want to lose him, but I also won’t hold anyone at the club who sees their future elsewhere. I need 100% commitment from players day in day out, and if I’m not getting that for whatever reason it’s best we find an amicable conclusion.

It’s been no secret that Iain has struggled with injury and fitness since I arrived at the club in January. Unfortunately, he picked up a badly bruised ankle against East Kilbride after only five days of pre-season training and for one reason or another we haven’t managed to get him back into full training yet! We have tried to get him up to the level that I expect from the players but unfortunately it hasn’t worked out.

Hopefully, the move will give him a change of fortune and he can kick on again. I wish him all the best at Morton.”