Jake Jervis insists he is ready for anything Scottish football can throw at him after facing the red hot atmosphere of Turkish club Fenerbahce.
The former Birmingham City and Portsmouth attacker scored 11 minutes into his Turkish Superleague debut last January in the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.
With 60,000 baying supporters in attendance, Jervis’s team Elazigspor had the audacity to take the lead and the notoriously riotous home stands erupted in anger with missiles and flares fired on to the pitch, but Jervis and his Elazigspor team-mates held their nerve to draw 2-2.
That’s why he believes the more tranquil surroundings of Scotland will make it easy for him to settle into his new surroundings.
He said: “The supporters over there have to be seen to be believed. It is totally different to over here.
“If things are going wrong for the team there will be supporters on the pitch, missiles being thrown, flares igniting.
“But the atmosphere was very good in the handful of matches I managed to play and I’ll never forget the Fenerbahce game.
“Hopefully, that has helped prepare me for whatever I might encounter in Scottish football.”
Jervis may only be 22 but has already packed in more experiences than many grizzled veterans.
In just five years as a senior professional he has made 11 transfer moves.
He starred in FA Cup matches against Everton and Chelsea and two Europa League matches against Maribor and Nacional while at Birmingham.
County, though, have stepped in to offer him a solid career platform after a frustrating spate of loan moves and short-lived transfers.
Jervis said: “It’s a fresh start for me and I’m raring to go.
“I’ve been warmly welcomed by the manager and George Adams, the director of football, has been great in bringing me up here and getting me settled in.
“It’s just an opportunity to come to Scotland and play football.
“I have played for a lot of clubs already, but it’s just that I haven’t wanted to just sit about in the reserves.
“Teams have asked me to go out on loan and I’ve scored a lot of goals in those games.
“I just feel, now, I have to try to settle down and get a full season behind me at one club.”