Mitrovic

In his first Premier League season, Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a respectable but not great nine goals in thirty four PL appearances (twenty two starts and ...

Aleksandar Mitrovic has to have a team that is set up to play to his strengths and unlike most modern day centre-forwards, Mitro isn’t one who will defend from the front and run all day. A great supply of crosses from, both flanks and often playing weaker opposition in internationals, it does to a large extent mirror his Championship record. Gareth Southgate yet again incredibly lucky when you compare Serbia’s group with England having Wales, USA and Iran! What I would say for starters, is that this was no way a massive Rafa Benitez blunder, in my opinion. However, by any measurement those goals for Serbia are impressive. Mitro playing only 89 minutes in six sub appearances in the first half of that 2017/18 season, before then moving to Fulham on loan in January 2018. 2012/23 season – 6 goals in 7 Premier League games (7 starts and 0 sub appearances) 2021/22 season – 43 goals in 44 Championship games (44 starts and 0 sub appearances) Many of those critics linking letting Mitro go with Yet another ‘cunning’ Mike Ashley plan failing, after repeatedly failing to allow proper investment in the squad. 2018/19 season – 11 goals in 37 Premier League games (37 starts and 0 sub appearances) 2017/18 season – 12 goals in 20 Championship games (18 starts and 2 sub appearances)