Dundee United new boy Patrick N’Koyi talks of needing to feel “a click” before he agrees to join a club.
And it’s exactly what he got when he sat down for talks with the Tangerines management team.
The 27-year-old should know what he’s talking about because United are his sixth club.
In a career that’s taken him from Holland, to Romania, back to Holland, almost to Thailand and now Scotland, he reckons he can tell pretty quickly when things are going to work out.
He has that feeling about United and is convinced the coming season can see him chip in with goals to help his new team back to the Premiership.
“I do need to feel a click when I am at a club and when I spoke to (director of football) Darren Taylor and then the coach (Ray McKinnon) I got that.
“For me it is about knowing the club is organised and the coach is someone I can speak to, someone I can take my troubles to.
“That is very important for me because if I do not have that relationship I know I will not feel good.
“I had it with two of my coaches in Holland and I got the same feeling when I met the coach here.
“He is in charge, we must do what he wants, but when I spoke to him it was clear he’s a nice guy who speaks to people in the right way and treats them well.
“You don’t get that with every coach and I remember when I was in Romania, one of my coaches there wanted to be above everyone else and treated differently.
“I heard him speaking to the kit guy one day and I could not believe the way he was acting. It was not right to treat another person that way and I was not happy after that.”
Likewise, his recent excursion to Thailand, where top flight outfit Sukhothai actually claimed to have signed him up and even paraded him at a Press conference, also left him knowing instantly a move there was not for him.
“I had said I would go there to speak with them and look around. When I got there nothing was organised and I knew I would not sign.
“But they had me at a Press conference and it was clear they were saying I had signed when I hadn’t. Then they wouldn’t even book me a ticket home and I had to get my manager to arrange that.
“It was a crazy situation and I laugh now, but my worry was that other clubs would see the reports that I had signed for them and I would not get a move.
“I am lucky to have the chance to come to Dundee United.”
Now he’s here and things are settled N’Koyi is relishing the chance to have a crack at Scottish football.
And while he’s confident of his ability to succeed, N’Koyi knows winning promotion will be down to a team effort.
“I am a striker and I know I will be judged on goals. If I score twenty people will say I am a good player.
“If I have twenty assists, but only score two goals I might know I have done well, but people will not see that so I must get goals.
“I believe I will, but when I do I will always know that it will be because my team-mates have given me a good ball.
“Without good service you cannot score and having trained with the team now I know we have good players who will give that service.”
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