Tony Watt has hit out at his critics after completing his move to Dundee United from Motherwell.
The striker, who had signed a pre-contract agreement with the Tangerines, made a permanent move to Tayside on Monday after both clubs agreed a fee to faciliate the switch this term.
Watt's desire to leave Fir Park didn't go down well with Steelmen supporters, with the 28-year-old the club's top scorer. He also turned down a contract extension.
Many fans questioned why the ex-Celtic star would leave for a club sitting three places below Motherwell in the table.
But after signing a three-year deal and making his debut in Tuesday night's defeat to St Mirren, Watt had some choice words for the haters on social media.
He said: "I’ve got team-mates and management here, and I’ve probably got about 10 people around me whose opinion I really care about.
“Other than that, well I’m not interested.
“Okay, if someone’s gone and had a wonderful career – if a Darren Fletcher or Scott Brown’s come out or Gordon Strachan – but I’ve seen some people come out and speak about me and I just laugh.
“I actually picked up on someone talking about me spending all my money on petrol. I don’t understand how people make stuff up.
“I’m at a very good club, a club people would bite their hand off to come to.
“I was also at a very good club in Motherwell.
“Everything’s been positive for me over the last two or three years, so if people want to turn that into a negative, well let them lead a negative life.
“I’m just going to be working hard and giving 100 per cent, like I did at Motherwell and everywhere I’ve been.
“I don’t want to waste my breath on some of the people who have spoken about me.
"I take no notice of it - social media is false.”
Following his exit, Watt took to social media to thank chief executive Alan Burrows and manager Graham Alexander for their assistance in making his move north become a reality.
And he added: "It was always going to be difficult because the club did a lot for me.
“I spoke to the manager and he said nobody lasts forever at a club.
"He was brilliant.
“But you need to be selfish at times and I believe I’ve come to a great environment and a big club.
“While we might be behind Motherwell in the league just now, I believe we’ve got the potential to do what we want here.”
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