MATHIAS POGBA can’t wait to get down to business at Partick Thistle as he eyes a dream debut against Celtic on Sunday.

The striker joined Alan Archibald’s side for his first training session yesterday after putting pen to paper on a one-year Firhill deal.

Pogba had a trial at Kilmarnock earlier this year and spent the second half of the season at Crawley Town after returning south of the border.

His Jags move sees him reunited with friend and Thistle skipper Abdul Osman, and now he is determined to prove his worth in red and yellow.

Pogba said: “I had been waiting all summer for a club to come, then Partick Thistle came in. It was the first proper offer I had and I said to myself ‘let’s do this’.

“As a footballer, you want to train every day and then play at the weekend so it was tough waiting for a call or a text.

“I came in January and I trained for two or three days [with Kilmarnock]. I felt everything went well, but they were taking too long to make a decision so I went back to England.

“It does not depend on the league – it depends on yourself. If you give 100 per cent wherever you go you will be fine.

“I’m ready! I don’t feel 100 per cent, but with the training I will get better and better every day.

“I knew about Scottish football because I came to watch Abdul one time. I watched one or two games, but mostly I’ve seen Scottish football on BBC Sport or Sky Sports News.”

While his younger brother – Juventus star Paul – has emerged as one of the top talents in the world, Mathias has had to be patient in his bid to make his mark in the game.

After joining the Celta Vigo academy alongside twin Florentin eight years ago, he has had spells at Quimper, Wrexham, Crewe and Crawley.

But it is his time in Italy that stands out – for all the wrong reasons – for the Guinea international.

Pogba said: “I was at Pescara and it was the worst experience of my life. They don’t know about respecting people there.

“My game time was very, very low. I wasn’t playing at all and I was shown no respect at all.

“It was the manager Marco Barrone. It’s a long story to explain, but the short version is I got no game time at all and he never spoke to me at all – except when I told him I wanted to leave last December.

“That was the only time we spoke. Even when I arrived, we never even had a conversation or anything. He wasn’t even watching me play.”

Pogba has arrived at Firhill in a whirlwind of publicity, but will now look to prove himself on the pitch as he looks to fire the Jags to another impressive Ladbrokes Premiership finish.

It is a far different stage to that his superstar sibling is playing on, and the 24-year-old is proud to see Paul performing at the top of the game.

Pogba said: “Football has also been part of our lives since we were four or five. We will only stop when we get older. We grew up in Paris and it was always going to be football because we didn’t like school.

“I’m proud of both of my brothers. Paul and I talk every day – about football, life, everything. He can give me advice and he has done so because if he has something to tell me he will do it, but as I am his older brother I can also do the same.

“He grew up very quickly and you could tell from a young age that he would become a very good player. He was mature early.

“Of course he has been playing with top players from a young age at Manchester United and now at Juve.

“We always knew he was a top talent, but we didn’t expect him to get to where he is as quickly as he has.”