Giorgos Giakoumakis has revealed he was sold on Atlanta United by Celtic mate Alistair Johnston and the special attention of former Rangers star Carlos Bocanegra.
The Greek star has finally been unveiled after his protracted departure from Celtic and is relishing the prospect of being the No1 striker when he had to play second fiddle a lot of the time to Kyogo Furuhashi at Parkhead. And he reckons he will enjoy more competition as he reckons the Scottish Premiership isn't that good.
Giakoumakis, who has immediately been christened 'Gio' by his new club, said: “Alistair knew all the offers I had and when I told him about Atlanta he said ‘just go’. He said ‘You’re going to enjoy it, you’re going to smash it and this is the best thing for you’.
