Just endorsed Paulsen's Motherwell move

Alex Paulsen revealed former Motherwell star Elijah Just was a key factor in his move to Fir Park. Just left Motherwell for a club-record fee earlier this summer, signing for Swansea City off the back of an impressive World Cup campaign with New Zealand. His international teammate Paulsen spoke to Just about his time in the Scottish Premiership before moving north of the border on loan from Bournemouth. The 24-year-old goalkeeper made his Motherwell debut in Thursday's 2-0 win over HB in Conference League qualifying, making several good saves. "Yeah, [Just] had a lot of great things to say about the club," said Paulsen. "It's a community club. Everybody's around here. Everybody's hard working. "It was pretty much when Eli said that, it was a no-brainer for me. It's been really, really fantastic. "He just said that the coach is trying to implement a new style and it's going to take a bit of time for me to continue to get used to the players as well. But yeah, Eli, he had great things to say about the club." Paulsen was not surprised to see Just get a big-money move. He said: "I've been with Eli with a couple of national team [camps] and a couple of international windows so it was just great to see him perform at the World Cup and on the world stage. "It was just fantastic and I'm really proud of him to get that move to Swansea as well. "He's had a really good journey and also had some obstacles to face overseas in Europe, like anybody else. "So I'm just kind of happy for him that he's gone and got that move with another fellow kiwi [Marko Stamenic], over there at Swansea City as well." Despite Thursday's impressive win, Paulsen is taking nothing for granted next week in the Faroe Islands. "It's great for us to have that lead heading into the away fixture next week and we know that it's going to be a tough game going over there and playing on the artificial surface as well, it's going to be very difficult," he said. "So we know that we're just leading at half-time and we've got to finish off the game next week with the heads down and continuing to work hard."