Fulham are heavily linked with Newcastle United and Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Aleksandar Mitrovic and Serbia crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday after a 2-0 defeat to Brazil.
A win would have taken them through but goals from Paulinho and Thiago Silva knocked them out as the group stage came to an end.
As devastated as Mitrovic will be, his potential team next season should be delighted that Serbia have left the tournament as early as possible.
Fulham, where Mitrovic spent the latter half of the 2017/18 on loan from Newcastle United, have been linked with a move for the striker – most recently by TeamTalk, who claim the 23-year-old has demanded the move.
Mitrovic hit 12 goals in 17 Championship games to help fire the Cottagers into the Premier League and Fulham are allegedly to pay £20 million for him.
But, after his performance and goal against Switzerland, the club must have been worried that he was in for a good World Cup – something that certainly would have brought more interest to the table.
Mitrovic’s international record is fantastic – he has scored 15 goals in his last 21 games – and thus the chances of him having a notable tournament in a firing Serbia side were very good.
Instead, he will leave early, allowing Fulham to stay at the forefront of Mitrovic’s mind when he looks for a move this summer, and they can count themselves lucky for that.
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