Eremenko not looking too far ahead

20 December 2010 18:30

Alexei Eremenko insists he feels under no extra pressure despite having a £1million price tag placed on his head by his parent club Metalist Kharkiv.

The Finnish playmaker has been a huge success while on loan at Kilmarnock, helping take them to fifth in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, as well as winning the player of the month award for November.

"I don't feel extra pressure, not at all," said Eremenko. "I will just continue doing what I've done for the last three or four months. I'm sure If I do that, everything will be okay."

On the possibility of a January switch, he added: "There is nothing I can do about it, that was the deal before I came here. It's up to them to decide so we will see what happens in January.

"I am just enjoying my time here with the lads and playing some good football. If I go, I go. If I stay, no problem, I will stay here and play here until the end of the season.

"In the beginning it was a little bit difficult but then the whole team started to play better and my game improved. It's normal that if players are doing well there is always going to be an interest.

"I have nothing against staying, I would not be angry or disappointed. But, if I go, that's football. For me, I am enjoy playing here, we are in fifth position and everything is going well for us."

Eremenko has the opportunity to test himself against one of the best teams in Scotland when Kilmarnock travel to Celtic Park on Tuesday but he claims he will treat the clash with Neil Lennon's men like any other.

He said: "I'm not going to think like that. If you start to think like that, I'm sure the game would be bad. We will just continue playing like we do in every game.

"We are playing Celtic away from home and we will concentrate on the game but I'm not going to try to do something extra and show that I'm a good player. I'm not going to do that, I'll just keep playing the way I have been."

Source: PA