Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has backed Nikola Zigic to prove his talents in the Premier League.
The Serbia striker joined the Blues in a £6million summer transfer from Valencia but has been restricted to mainly substitute appearances in the early days of his St Andrew's career.
Zigic opened his account during last week's Carling Cup victory over MK Dons and McLeish is confident the capture of giant striker will prove to be a good piece of transfer business.
"Nikola is still adjusting to the English game. It is hurly burly, 100 miles an hour," he explained.
"On the continent he is used to balls being laid up to him and cushioning it and laying it off and keeping the play moving.
"It is a totally different game to the Spanish system and also the Serbian system as well.
"The players tend to get lazy as well when there is a big guy in the team because they just launch it forward.
"But we've got to try to get into the right positions to give him the right service."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email