A £250,000 move to English side Queens Park Rangers followed, but he played just 11 times in two years; the manager who signed him, Gerry Francis, soon moved on to Tottenham Hotspur and after a minor injury, Dijkstra found the new manager Ray Wilkins chose other goalkeepers ahead of him. After loan spells at other English clubs, Dijkstra moved back to Scotland with Dundee United for £50,000, reuniting with manager Tommy McLean whom he had worked under at Motherwell. Dijkstra's time in Scotland was successful again, with over 80 appearances for the "Terrors", including another third-place finish in the Scottish League in 1996–97 and a Scottish League Cup runners-up medal later in 1997, after he again took the place of Ally Maxwell in the team.