Patrick confident goals will continue to come

show everyone I can do. I want to be valuable f or United. It is very important to score goals.

“I want to do that for the team but I think you have to do it for yourself first because you came here to be doing something and that is show you are a good player.

“I want to prove for myself that I am a good player and, if I do that, automatically it is good for the whole squad and we all benefit.”

As well as adapting to what he describes as a faster and more physical game than anything he’s experienced to date, N’Koyi has revealed he is also having to make a tactical adjustment.

For most of his senior career he has been used to playing a lone striker’s role but, at United, he knows he will also be asked to operate alongside another front man. It’s a challenge he is relishing.

“We have played with two strikers and I am not really familiar with two. I played it in youth football when I was like 11 or 12. From when I was 15 I have played always as the last striker and that is what I’m used to.

“It suits me to play that way but I can play with another striker and I like having a player close like that because you can create good situations.

“You can bounce the ball off each other and that is nice. I have to get used to it still but, for me, it is not a problem and as long as you are playing it is good.”

Patrick N’Koyi celebrates his goal against Alloa with Billy King.