Jeffries knows a string of top-class performances by the Moroccan could see the 25 year old being targeted by bigger clubs.

He told the Daily Record: "If Mehdi has the kind of season I think he will, we might have problems keeping him.

"He has so much flair but is strong and quick as well.

Round about the box, he can take on anyone and make things happen and now we are beginning to see an end product from him."