Raith Rovers’ on-loan Leicester striker Harry Panayiotou is daring to dream of a delightful double the Foxes to win the Premier League and the Kirkcaldy side to make it into the promotion play-offs.
Last week was a notable one for the 21-year-old as he helped Ray McKinnon’s side to back-to-back wins over Livingston and Morton and also received another international call-up for St Kitts for the 2016 Caribbean Cup which takes place from the 26th to the 29th of this month.
Before that, Panayiotou, who made his Raith debut at the start of last month at Stark’s Park against Rangers, is now relishing a trip to the home of the same opponents tonight to play in front of what he hopes is the biggest crowd of his career so far.
He said: “It was a great win on Saturday against Morton and brings us one step closer to the play-offs.
“I am just thankful for the victory and hopefully we can keep going.
“I also got my call-up to St Kitts last week. We have Aruba away and Antigua at home.
“They are two big games but we have a good squad and I think we will qualify.
“I love playing for St Kitts it is the best feeling in the world playing for your country.
“However, I am not really thinking about that at the moment. I just have to concentrate on playing Rangers.
“I think I did well to be fair when I came on the last time we played them.
“But all the lads are telling me it is a different story when you go to Ibrox. They have told me it is a fantastic atmosphere and that Rangers play off the crowd and pass the ball around a lot.
He added: “However, if we can hit them on the break and hopefully score, then I don’t see why we cannot go there and get a result.
“It is games like this that I want to play in it is a great experience for me and I am enjoying everything.
“When I was 17, I played for Leicester against Leeds and I think there were 34,000 watching so if there are over 40,000 tomorrow then this will be the most people I have played in front of.
“I just can’t wait.
“My aim is to get into the play-offs with the team and hopefully push for promotion.
“I just want to do well for the fans, for Ray and my team-mates. Raith brought me in and I want to give back to them.
“It would be a dream come true this year if Leicester could win the title and Raith get into the play-offs.”
Panayiotou has yet to open his goals account for Raith but that is in part caused by the fact that he is being deployed in a deeper role.
However, he is confident he will break his duck sooner rather than later.
He said: “I have not scored yet but I am sure it will come hopefully against Rangers.
“I am an out-and-out striker but I am playing deeper for Raith.
“It is a new thing for me but I like playing as a 10 as I get more of the ball.
“I am touching the ball a lot more than when I am playing as a striker.
“I am not trying to make up excuses but hopefully I will score soon and we will take it from there.”