Motherwell's Stuart McKinstry admits it'll be surreal to share a dressing room with a participant he idolised as a teenager.
However he hopes Louis Moult's return can herald extra magic moments for the membership, similar to those he grew up on as a fan.
The 19-year-old winger from Wishaw watched from the stands as Moult guided his boyhood heroes to 2 cup finals within the 2017/18 season, the place he bagged a very memorable brace to knock Rangers out of the League Cup semi-finals at Hampden.
Moult additionally grabbed a winner over Celtic at Parkhead in December 2015 to earn one other well-known win for the Steelmen.
A number of years later, Moult is now again on the membership and, intriguingly, the Steelmen have been drawn at dwelling to Celtic within the League Cup quarter-finals subsequent month.
McKinstry is again at Fir Park himself after becoming a member of on mortgage from Leeds United, the membership he left Motherwell's academy for in 2019.
So it is quite a bit to soak up now that he's rubbing shoulders with a membership hero.
He stated: "It is unusual to have Louis right here. Final time I watched a recreation that he performed in I used to be within the stands as a fan.
"So for his subsequent recreation, for me to be on the pitch with him, could be a bit unusual however I do know what he can do.
"I've seen him do it on many events.
"He scores massive objectives in massive video games and I am simply hoping he can replicate it this time round.
"I keep in mind the objectives towards Rangers within the League Cup semi-final, objectives towards Celtic as effectively.
"These are those that actually come to thoughts, however he is executed it many extra occasions and I hope he can do it once more.
"We're not fairly speaking posters on the wall as a result of I used to be a bit previous for that by the point he was right here, however I used to be an enormous fan of him.
"I used to be simply pondering the opposite day that i've received wee cousins who idolised him as effectively so it is nice to have a participant like this again on the membership, and the enhance it has given to the followers is huge."
Amidst all of the Moult fanfare, McKinstry made his first league look for the Steelmen yesterday within the 0-0 draw with Dundee United, which adopted sizzling on the heels of his debut within the cup win over Inverness.
He changed Joe Efford after 73 minutes and located it onerous to fathom how 'Effectively did not stroll away winners.
The Steelmen dominated Dundee United however Kevin van Veen had a penalty saved, whereas the Dutchman additionally hit the crossbar and noticed a late effort deflected huge.
"I can not consider we did not win the sport," he stated. "We created so many possibilities.
"On one other day it might have been 4-0 like the opposite evening, but it surely's a efficiency we will positively transfer on with and enhance on.
"I believe if we play like that each week, we'll be high quality.
"The efficiency in itself is nice sufficient to beat anybody else within the league if we take the possibilities we created.
"If we is usually a bit higher within the last third, the objectives will come."
Whereas baffled by the outcome, he was happy to get extra minutes beneath his belt as he targets at beginning slot.
He stated: "It has been a mad week for me.
"It was a dream come true the opposite evening enjoying my first recreation and now I've received extra minutes, so I hope I can preserve working onerous to point out the supervisor what I can do to try to get myself within the workforce.
"That is what I got here right here to do, assist the workforce in any means I can and present what I can do on the pitch.
"It is one thing I am wanting ahead to.
"It will likely be a tough problem. We're enjoying effectively as a workforce so I am not simply going to stroll into the beginning 11.
"However I'll work my hardest to make that occur."
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