Wolters will be aiming to land a blow for Dundee

DuNdEE’S new signing has something to get off his chest. And the story that Randy Wolters has to tell is quite a tale.

‘Back in Holland, I am known as a bad boy,’ explained the 27-year-old.

‘But it’s not that I get booked or sent off a lot. I once knocked out a supporter!’

The incident in question came after the winger had starred in a play-off victory for Go Ahead Eagles over de Graafschap in May 2016.

Beaten supporters of now newly-relegated de Graafschap entered the field intent on causing trouble.

It’s safe to say one thug met his match in Wolters, who was catapulted to fame in his homeland when footage of him fighting went viral on the internet.

The likeable dens Park new boy entered yesterday’s press conference smiling and asking Scottish journalists to speak slowly because he is not yet fully used to what he calls the ‘Braveheart accent’.

However, it soon became clear the Celtic warrior Wolters favours most is not William Wallace, but Irish uFC Lightweight Champion Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor.

‘When I was at Go Ahead Eagles we got promoted through the play-offs, but, at full-time, we were attacked by rival supporters,’ explained Wolters.

‘Some fans went to the de Graafschap players to give them a shoulder to cry on at the end, but 20 or 30 of them came at us.

‘My father Jack is a photographer and he was on the pitch and I thought I saw someone hit him.

‘It turns out it wasn’t my dad that got hit. It was just a guy who looked like him. But when I went over, that same fan tried to punch our goalkeeper. So I did a bit of a Conor McGregor on him and left him knocked out.

‘My father was just laughing about it because it turns out he did get attacked, but by another person. He punched the guy back also. So maybe it’s a family thing!

‘The whole team was fighting, really, but I was the only one who knocked a guy out.

‘The camera zoomed in on me and it was shown on the BBC and CNN and then it went viral. ‘But I’m not embarrassed or ashamed. I wish it hadn’t happened, but if the same happened again, I would do it again.

‘I won’t ever look for a fight, but I will stick up for my team-mates and for my family. I think anyone would do the same,’ he added.

Wolters (below) escaped any disciplinary action, with the dutch footballing authorities instead clamping down on the hooligans who invaded the park and caused the trouble.

The aftermath of the incident saw the winger invited on to network television to discuss it.

The talk show he graced was hosted by former Holland, Everton and Inter Milan star Andy van der Meyde, whose own colourful backstory saw him successfully battle drink and drugs before being named as the referee for the 2014 World Cup of lingerie, won by Holland on home soil.

After the initial buzz, Wolters quickly grew tired of being known in his homeland as the player who knocked out a fan. After voluntarily bringing up the incident yesterday, he now hopes to draw a line under it.

‘There was no punishment for me after what happened on the park that day,’ he explained.

‘But the guys who came onto the pitch all got punished. They are all banned from going to matches.

‘It was self-defence. In Holland, everyone said I was right to do what I did. But I kept getting asked about it and people got sick of hearing the story.

‘The last time I spoke about it was when I was invited on to a television programme hosted by Andy van der Meyde.

‘I don’t speak about it these days in Holland, but people in Scotland don’t know about it, so this is the first — and last — time I will discuss it.’

Wolters could have earned a lot more money overseas, but felt joining dundee on a two-year deal was the right move for his career.

The former utrecht and den Haag player is now focused only on helping Neil McCann’s side deliver a knock-out blow to Scottish Premiership teams on the park next season.

‘I was on loan at den Haag from Go Ahead Eagles last season and they wanted to give me a three-year contract, but they had money problems,’ he said.

‘There were many other clubs interested in me from Turkey, America and Australia. The money was good, but the feeling wasn’t there. I’m going to be a dad in January, so the feeling had to be right and the feeling was right with the gaffer here at dundee.

‘I am not all about the money. I want to play here, and I want to shine for this team.’