Leighton McIntosh is impressed with the ambition of his new club Cove Rangers.
The striker has joined the Aberdeen side who are preparing for their maiden season in League One.
Cove have reached this point after successive promotions from the Highland League and League Two.
In time they aspire to go higher and McIntosh is keen to be part of it.
The 27-year-old arrives at the Balmoral Stadium after leaving English National League side Wrexham.
McIntosh said: “I’m pleased to sign for Cove. The manager got in touch with myself a couple of weeks ago.
“I had a few options after leaving Wrexham, so I had to hear them out, but I really liked the project Cove are putting together.
“They’re going through the gears and have worked their way through the leagues with back-to-back promotions.
“I know a lot of the boys there, which was another reason to sign.
“I think Cove are very much a team on the up and I want to be part of that, I’m impressed by Cove’s ambition.”
Former Dundee, Montrose, Arbroath, Peterhead and UMF Selfoss attacker McIntosh stepped back up to full-time football with Wrexham last season after an impressive 2018-19 campaign, which saw him score 17 goals in all competitions for Airdrieonians.
He made only 13 appearances and scored three times for the Welsh outfit before being loaned to National League North side Blyth Spartans in February.
However, McIntosh is still taking positives from his time at the Racecourse Ground.
He added: “I always take the positives out of anything I do.
“Would I have liked things to have gone a little bit better at Wrexham? Of course.
“But I got a lot of experience from it and I learned a lot.
“It was a bit of stop-start situation at Wrexham.
“There was a lot of expectation on us because we were one of the bigger teams in the league and we didn’t start as well as we should have.
“Then for myself being a player there that nobody’s really familiar with and trying to get yourself in the starting line-up is tricky.
“Then unfortunately the manager (Bryan Hughes) got sacked and a new one (Dean Keates) came in with different ideas and different thoughts on players.
“It was a bit messy and it wasn’t an ideal situation, but I learned a lot.
“I played with a lot of good players and it was full-time so I was fit and sharp and hopefully I can take that with me to Cove.”