Glentoran boss Warren Feeney has revealed he posed new signing Fuad Sule one final question before clinching a deal for the midfielder.
League winner Sule was one of the highly sought after targets for several clubs in the summer so securing his services was a major coup for the Glens.
Feeney admitted it was "touch and go" but revealed his parting shot to the 26-year-old before negotiations were concluded - "Do you want to play for a big club or not?"
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"A few clubs were obviously in for Sule but I thought we went about it well," he told the club's YouTube channel.
"We told him the size of the club, and he knew all about it.
"I've been speaking to his agent for two weeks.
"It was touch and go, but the final question was "do you want to play for a big club or not?".
"That's no disrespect to anyone else.
"We got it over the line and he's going to be a great signing for the club."
The Glens warmed up for their Europa Conference League qualifier first leg against Gzira United with a 4-1 friendly win over Bangor on Saturday.
Feeney has a few injuries worries ahead of the trip to Malta but he was impressed with the performance of teenager Rhys Walsh in the victory, who comes highly recommended by the manager's son!
"You could see what the kid has got, I had no hesitation to start him," he said.
"He's a great kid, he knows my son very well. My son has always spoken about him.
"When I saw him in training I thought to myself this kid is something else.
"I think we have some good young boys here, and that's a credit to the club.
"You can see the energy and quality they show.
"I wasn't happy in the first half, we didn't move the ball quick enough, we didn't want to run in behind.
"It looked like a typical pre-season game.
"We changed the formation a little bit for the second half and went about it the right way.
"We have a couple of niggles and we obviously had a couple that couldn't play because of their niggles.
"The big one is on Thursday and this was a fitness exercise building up to that."
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