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Goals? Yes, but Mitro must do much more

by
The LeaguePaper Team
27 October 2019

Chris Dunlavy A fresh take on football
ANY Championship player with 11 goals to his name by late October is entitled to dream of a move to the Premier League.
Yet in the case of Aleksandar Mitrovic, it is difficult to see many top-flight clubs shovelling a wedge in Fulham’s direction.
Not because the Serbian is a bad player. Wednesday’s hat-trick against Luton took his tally to 54 goals in 87 games since joining the Cottagers from Newcastle in January 2018.
That figure includes a remarkable 20 goals in 20 games for his country, one of which came at the World Cup. Mitrovic kno...

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