Bojan Miovski admits he is flattered ‘to be linked with clubs like Celtic and Southampton’ after the £8 million-rated striker took his tally to 20 for the season at Aberdeen.
Neil Warnock needed only a few days in The Dons’ hot seat to realise what he had at his disposal.
Bojan Miovski, he says, is the stand-out centre-forward in Scottish football. Not only that, the free-scoring Montengrin would not look out of place south of the border either, Warnock convinced that Miovski will face few problems making his mark under the bright lights of the Premier League.
Who knows, perhaps Miovski will be handed the opportunity to make Warnock’s words look prescient sooner rather than later, too. Southampton, second in the Championship and eyeing an immediate return to the top-flight, are long-time admirers.
There is interest from closer to home too. Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers are keen, per The Sun, with Miovski scoring brilliant but very different goals against both clubs this week already.
Celtic, Rangers and Southampton linked with Bojan Miovski
“I’m playing the best season of my career at Aberdeen and I’m enjoying football,” Miovski explains, taking his tally to 20 with an inventive flicked finish at Ibrox on Tuesday.
“I like Scotland. It has a great passion for football. People love the club, they are with us everywhere. I like Scottish football because it is played very quickly, and all the time the balls are put forward towards us strikers.
“The game is played with a lot of contact, but it’s direct and I love seeing this much action in the penalty box.”
Aberdeen, Sky Sports say, want around £8 million for Miovski. That would make him the most expensive player ever to leave one Scottish Premiership club for another, and a fee which is likely to test the depths of those Old Firm pockets.
Southampton, in contrast, would not be quite so stretched by Aberdeen’s hefty valuation. Especially if Russell Martin can get the Saints marching back into the Premier League at the first time of asking.
20 goals this season for Aberdeen
“I am happy to be linked with clubs like Celtic, Rangers and Southampton,” Miovski adds. “Because that means I’m making progress.
“I still have two years left on my contract in Aberdeen. I am focused on the club and on winning a place in Europe like last year. What the future will bring? I don’t know.
“Aberdeen are in the top three clubs in Scotland. Celtic and Rangers are one thing, Aberdeen is another. Our club signs young players for less money and gives everyone a chance.
“It is a historic club. Just look at the fact that the most successful club in Europe, Real Madrid, lost a European final to Aberdeen.”
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