The 50-year-old has succeeded Des Buckingham as U’s boss, with Buckingham having a clear identity when it came to his playing style.

Buckingham preferred a 4-3-3 system with two advanced midfielders, while Rowett appears happy to mix things up a little bit depending on the resources available to him.

During almost four years at Millwall, he built a reputation for leading a pragmatic, tough to beat side, but at Derby County, his team was free-scoring.

Only three sides netted more goals than Rowett’s Rams during the 2017/18 Sky Bet Championship campaign, a season which saw the side reach the play-offs, losing to Fulham in the semi-finals.

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Rowett told this newspaper at his press conference unveiling earlier today: “I’ve always been pretty flexible. I have a certain set amount of values and my teams will always be really organised and clear on the structure.

“I’ve been coaching for a long time now, so I’m very clear on my methodology and how I want to try and get the best out of the players.

“I’ve always been very flexible. If I look at my Millwall team, it had a certain look about it, but my Derby County team was one of the top scorers in the division.

“I have a great respect for the club and a great respect for the tradition of Oxford United, and understand also there is an expectation as head coach at the club.

“What I want to try and do is play winning attractive football in an ideal world, but at the same time, it’s the Championship and sometimes you have to win games in different ways and you have to be flexible. That’s certainly what I like to try and do.”

He added: “The world always wants to put everyone in a nice box that suits everybody’s narrative. That opinion in football is why we love the sport so much, so I have absolutely no problem with that.

“I think when you go into a club like Millwall, there are certain parameters around that, but for me it’s always been the same.

“It’s about maximising the resources you have available and trying to outperform the resources you have available, and trying to show a clear ambition and define a way of playing so that the players understand that and can succeed and perform well.

“Clearly we had a way of doing, but we also brought in Zian Flemming, who scored 15 goals in his first season, so there’s a different side of it as well there. At different clubs, I’ve worked in different ways.”