Bojan Miovski tells Celtic and Rangers strikers he'll finish Premiership scorer

Jim Goodwin wanted Bojan Miovski so badly he was prepared to wait several months for the North Macedonian striker’s signature – and the Aberdeen boss’s patience has been well rewarded.

A bid to sign the 23-year-old from MTK Budapest in January didn’t materialise and it took until the end of last season – plus a further wait over visa and work permit issues – for him to finally get his man.

Now the £535,000 fee they forked out for him is beginning to look like peanuts and could certainly be money well spent as the frontman’s value continues to soar with his two strikes against Kilmarnock – one from the penalty spot – taking his Premiership tally to seven.

And Miovski has one major aim – to be Scotland’s top marksman at the end of the campaign. He said: “When I came here Aberdeen showed me the plan of playing attacking football. For me as a striker that’s perfect. I knew I would score goals if I signed for Aberdeen.

“I like the style we play much more than last season in Hungary. I am enjoying it and I have a good connection with all of the players and I hope it continues like that.

“It’s nice to score all the goals I have scored and I hope I can continue like this. I wanted to score a hat-trick but I have been travelling a lot with the national team for two or three days, so for me getting 65 minutes before being substituted was perfect. I didn’t want any risk of getting injured.”

The Dons dazzled in the Pittodrie sunshine, although Goodwin was concerned that despite going 2-0 up after 24 minutes, with goals from Vicente Besuijen and Miovski’s spot kick, slack defending allowed Killie back in the game through Ash Taylor’s header three minutes later.

It was the Ayrshire club’s first away goal of the season as ex-Don