NEIL MCCANN has had two prominent careers and both involved him being verbally abused by complete strangers.

The Dundee manager was a target as a player by opposition fans and if anything that got worse when he became the man off the telly.

McCann expects this trend to continue in his new job, not that he will lose any sleep over it.

“Listen, it’s water of a duck’s back,” he said. “When you play wide left you are right next to every fan who is moaning. I’ve had all sorts of shouts thrown at me.”

McCann is confident of hanging on to Scott Bain this summer after the goalkeeper told him he is happy at Dens Park.

Bain knocked back the chance of a new deal under previous manager Paul Hartley and told McCann’s predecessor he wanted to move on.

Approaching the final year of his contract, the 25-year-old has been tracked by Celtic and linked with interest from MK Dons manager Robbie Neilson.

McCann said: “Scott is really happy here and he’ll say that himself if you speak to him. He seems really happy. He’s looking absolutely fantastic in training.

“In terms of his contract, I haven’t really discussed that with him yet. I’ve told him I’m aware of his contract situation and I have told him I would love to keep him.

“There’s so much going on at the minute, so it has been really relaxed.

“The one thing I wanted to get from him is if he’s happy here and I was met with a resounding yes.

“I was delighted with that and that means there’s no rush to do anything.”