'Maverick' Portuguese striker hailed as he commits to East Kilbride in '60 goal' attack

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East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz says it's a major boost to keep 'maverick' striker Joao Victoria at the club, and offsets the loss of Chris Erskine.Rutkiewicz says the Portuguese hitman played a huge role at the club, and believes he has a '60-goal' forward line in Victoria, Neilly McLaughlin and Cami Elliott.The former Aberdeen and St Johnstone defender reckons the Lowland League is going to be a challenge next season, but keeping the 33-year-old at the club is a major boost.And he says Victoria plays with a freedom that other players just don't show.He said: "I think it's great.

We had disappointing news with the talks with Chris breaking down, which was just the structure of the deal, more than anything."Joao was the perfect pick-me-up to that, he's a player that I like, a bit of a maverick, and he's capable of doing things a wee bit left-of-centre, let's say!"He'll frustrate you sometimes, but his goal-return has been excellent."Right now, as it sits, the comfort that Bill [Orr, assistant] and I have got and through all the good work that has been done before at this club, we're sitting with 60 goals there in the front three, with attacking midfielder Neilly McLaughlin, Cami and Joao."We can only judge them on what they've done together, but that's what they have done together."We're hopping on the coat-tails of some great work that has been done before, and we're certainly not looking to break that up, so I'm delighted to get it done."Rutkiewicz is clearly an admirer of Victoria, and said: "Joao has a personality when he plays, he really has.

He plays with that wee bit of freedom that other players sometimes struggle to show, but he just seems to have that composure to treat it like a game that you and I would