Alex Jakubiak joined the club on Wednesday afternoon after a quick 24 hours which saw him hear about interest, travel to Dundee and put pen to paper on a two year deal.
Manager James McPake and his staff had certainly done their research and Alex told DeeTV that he had done some research of his own by calling ex team mate Andrew Nelson who recently departed the club, asked when he first heard of the interested he said, “It was actually last night (Tuesday), I got a call saying there was interest. To be honest I didn’t have to think about it too much. I spoke to Andy Nelson who was here before and he gave good reviews of the club and the people at the club.”
“I think it’s somewhere I can come and enjoy myself. After being on loan so many times this is my first permanent club after Watford and a good opportunity for me to stamp my mark down.”
He has been with Watford since progressing through the youth academy and after a number of loan spells his move to the Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park is his first permanent move away, he continued, “It’s always hard when you are on loan. As much as you want to do well for yourself and the club that you are at, there is always that bit in your mind that ‘I am going back in six months or I’m going back at the end of the season.’ I think without that playing on my mind it makes it that bit easier to get down and focus because I’m going to be here for the long haul.”
This will be Alex’s third spell in Scotland after loan spells with Falkirk and St. Mirren, he said “I think I did well at my time at Falkirk, I was only there for four months but I showed I could scored goals in this league. Last season at St. Mirren, performances were more important to me at the time. I needed to show what I could do and I think having that experience of playing in the league but also being in the country and living away from home is going to help me.”
Asked to described himself as a player, Alex told us, “Quick, strong, very attack minded, I just try to make things happen at the top end of the pitch.”
Subscribers can watch full first interview with Alex on DeeTV – click here
