East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz expects to present former Hamilton Accies winger Kyle Munro a platform to shine on and says he has 'untapped potential'.
The previous Aberdeen and St Johnstone defender insists nothing surprises him in soccer, however he’s shocked that golf equipment weren’t battering down Munro’s door in a bid to signal him.
Munro, 20, has signed for a 12 months at Okay-Park after a contract supply was seemingly withdrawn at New Douglas Park, and Rutkiewicz admits if the versatile star performs to his potential, he'll undoubtedly lose him.
However he’s wanting ahead to working with a participant he has been making an attempt to land for a while.
Rutkiewicz mentioned: “I’m not stunned that we acquired Kyle, as a result of nothing surprises you in soccer.
“I’m stunned about how shortly we acquired in and acquired the deal performed. I’m stunned there wasn’t a plethora of golf equipment banging on his door.
“With Kyle being the kind he's, I’m stunned there wasn’t extra of a clamour.
“Kyle is a participant I’ve been waiting for three-and-a-half years.
“I watched Kyle at his first mortgage spell at Clydebank and tapped him up via Hamilton for a mortgage deal at Stirling Albion.
“Sadly for us he made a break-through in opposition to Rangers, scored in opposition to Livingston, and the remaining is historical past.
“It curtailed any mortgage deal, as a result of at the moment he was seen as an actual prospect.
“Issues have modified, I feel Hamilton as a membership have been hurting, simply in their very own journey, and we’re respectful of that.
“Generally getting relegated places you ready the place it's a must to trim the squad, and make some selections that you simply don’t essentially need to make.
“However I feel in Kyle what we’ve acquired is a participant with untapped potential, a ceiling that no person actually is aware of.
“He’s clearly had a little bit of publicity at Premiership and Championship stage, he’s been on mortgage at Clydebank, and I feel we’ll all discover out his stage within the subsequent 10 to 11 months.
“I’m hoping he comes right here and we can provide him a platform to shine.”
Rutkiewicz feels he can additional develop Munro as a participant, and after that it’s as much as him.
He mentioned: “Kyle can cowl left-back, right-wing, left-wing; there’s a great deal of flexibility in his recreation and he’s a strong athlete.
“He’s one on that curve within the youthful bracket, the place we hope we are able to develop him and provides him that platform.
“If we do this and Kyle ticks all of the bins that he can tick, then I feel we’ll wrestle to carry onto him.”
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