Cameron departs as Valakari eyes 'good transfer window'

Kyle Cameron has left St Johnstone after his season-long loan from Notts County was cut short.

Centre-back Cameron made 18 appearances for the Perth side and is the second defender to leave McDiarmid Park this month, with Lewis Neilson recalled by Hearts.

Cameron has now joined Notts County's fellow English League Two club Barrow for the remainder of the season.

Saints are currently five points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership but head coach Simo Valakari is confident his side will enjoy "a good transfer window" as they bid to boost their survival hopes.

The Finn, who is yet to make a January signing, said: "Now we are in this moment when the transfer window is open, I know it might feel to people outside a very slow process - 'where are the signings?' - because everybody knows we need signings.

"But we have had all the time a very clear plan of how we want to work at the club. We need to do the right steps to make us stronger, and that's what we have been starting to do now for a long time. It will be a good transfer window, I believe."