Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic was absent from the team’s lineup in their recent 3-0 loss to Brentford. Fulham manager Marco Silva confirmed that Mitrovic had actively sought to leave the club.
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic is set to join Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia for a transfer fee exceeding £46m, according to Fulham manager Marco Silva.
Fulham’s Mitrovic was absent from their recent match against Brentford and is expected to leave the club in a record-breaking transfer. He has been granted permission to undergo a medical and sign a three-year contract with Al Hilal.
The Serbia international player from Fulham is determined to leave the club and stated that he will not play for them anymore.
In his post-match press conference, Silva said: “He was not in the squad because he did not train with the team – he got injured in the last game.
“About his future, he’s on his way to leave the club. I got information before the match and now the confirmation from the club after the match that he’s on his way to leave the club. Both clubs got an agreement and now is the moment to finish with Mitrovic in our club.
“As you know, he forced everything to leave the club. He wanted to leave the club. Until the moment we had a financial agreement, we kept him in our football club. They have reached an agreement and now is the moment for us to keep playing and working with our team.”
When asked if the process has been disruptive to Fulham’s preparations for the new season,Silva said: “If you ask if that is normal, no. If you ask me that football players should behave in this way, no. That is an easy answer.
“Not just the situation of Mitrovic, our pre-season was not where it should be on many aspects. That will not be an excuse for anything. The Premier League has started, I’m not here to find excuses, just that I would like it to not happen again in the future.
“He forced it, I think all of you know it, many of you reported that. It’s clear what he did and he forced it.
“He knows about my opinion, I told him in private.
“Football players are human beings as well. All the situation with the market, sometimes their thinking is about all that stuff because it was not just Mitrovic in our football club. The spotlight was on him but it was not just Mitrovic.
“What I want to say to him I already did. We are going to speak tomorrow and in two days’ time because our relationship is there forever.”
Fulham is looking for a replacement for Aleksandar Mitrovic, who scored 14 goals last season, after signing striker Raul Jimenez.
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