Craig Levein outlines new St Johnstone striker Benjamin Kimpioka’s key attributes

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Craig Levein has outlined new striker Benjamin Kimpioka’s key attributes - and hopes he’s found a gem who can quickly move through the gears.Kimpioka has been hard in training with his new team-mates this week and could be in line for minutes against Airdrie in the Scottish Cup on Saturday.The former AIK forward, a Sunderland youth product, has got “proper pace” and is being backed to add something different to the forward line.“Getting strikers is the hardest thing to do and sometimes you can strike it lucky,” Levein said.“Hopefully with Benjy we can do that.

He’s really quick, he’s got proper pace and I’m hoping that will be a strength that adds something to us.“Defenders are scared of quick forwards, that’s the biggest thing they don’t want to come up against.“If Benjy had been scoring 20 goals a season we would have been nowhere near getting him.“So it’s about trying to find a player who is really good at something and then try to add bits and pieces to their game to help them improve.“He’s already been in the UK with Sunderland and a couple of other clubs.

We got a recommendation from Jack Ross on him and it was quite straightforward.“I look at him and think he’ll stretch the game for us and that will bring people like Nicky Clark into prominence and let him get on the ball more.“Adding Benjy’s pace and strength to the team will hopefully enhance us and help the others in the team too.

He’s trained well since he came in so we’ll see if he plays on Saturday.”Levein has realised that Saints are not able to sign “ready-made” players.“People who have already achieved a level, we are not getting them because we can’t afford them,” he continued.“So it’s about finding the players who might have been overlooked or who have