East Kilbride boss Stevie Aitken admits he would be "never say never" to bringing Craig Bryson to his hometown team after leaving Aberdeen.
The 33-year-old midfielder had his contract at Pittodrie ripped up with nine months remaining after an injury-plagued spell at the club.
Last night gaffer Derek McInnes said the call had been made with "a heavy heart" after his luckless spell with the Dons after moving from Derby last year.
So far this summer Aitken has convinced the likes of Chris Erskine, Paul Paton and Kyle Hutton to make the drop to the K-Park and would love to add the EK native to the list.
As a fresh-faced teenager Bryson was named Player of the Year across town at the Showpark before he made his breakthrough at Clyde.
However, he expects the former Kilmarnock and Cardiff star to have plenty of suitors above tier five.
He told Lanarkshire Live Sport : "He is a quality player who plays at the very top of the tree so any team in Scotland would be interested in him.
"We haven't made the call but we are quite happy with where we are at the moment, but when players become available we look at it and do our due dilligence.
"The level that Craig Bryson has played at I'm sure he won't be short of a few options, and will be a higher level than we are at.
"At the end of the day, nobody thought we would sign Chris Erskine and Paul Paton but we got to speak to them and tell them the vision of where the club is going to go.
"In football you can say never say never. You never know what is round the corner and we're looking in all the markets.
"If we think that something can be done we will do it, but a player like Craig is a top, top player."
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