Jakirovic keeps reminding McBurnie of goal target

Hull City striker Oli McBurnie says that boss Sergej Jakirovic keeps reminding him of his goal targets after he scored his third of the season in their 3-1 win against Southampton on Saturday.

The Scotland international was set a target of 15 goals by Jakirovic when he joined from Las Palmas in the summer and it is a number he is not being allowed to forget.

"He [Jakirovic] keeps reminding me, he just said after the game 'how many more?'," McBurnie told BBC Radio Humberside.

"Him and the chairman, every time they see me, they keep reminding me there's a tally I need to get to so I'm just trying to get there."

The 29-year-old has three goals and three assists to his name across the Tigers' opening six Championship games, plus a fourth strike in their Carabao Cup loss to Wrexham in August.

However, regardless of his own personal ambitions, McBurnie believes that the helping his team-mates find the net is just as valuable as taking the glory for himself.

"You are going to be judged on your goals as a striker," he added.

"I think only scored five goals last year and maybe eight assists, so it gets to 'oh, you only scored five goals'. It always reverts back to you're a striker and you need to score goals.

"If you get 13 goal contributions - goals or assists - it means you and your team have got 13 goals so it doesn't matter if you've scored or anyone else has scored."

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