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Aleksandar Mitrovic's "raw temperament" led to the exit of the Newcastle United striker, as Rafa Benitez simply could not trust the Serb.
This is the opinion of former Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi, who admits to being a fan of Mitrovic's style of play.
The 24-year-old joined Anderlecht for 13 million pounds in the summer of 2015 and scored 14 league goals in 65 stakes for the Magpies, but he scored only one goal. only once in six games last season.
After a successful loan spell at Fulham during the half-season, during which he scored 12 goals in 17 matches helping to send Cottagers home in the Premier League, Mitrovic definitely left Newcastle for the west of London during the summer, for an initial amount of £ 22 million. .
Benitez estimated that Salomon Rondon – who United had signed a loan to West Bromwich Albion for the election campaign in a transfer that Dwight Gayle was temporarily going in the opposite direction – was much better suited to his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation . While Rondon manages the chains and does the selfless work, Mitrovic does his best when his main responsibility is simply to score, rather than playing the role of focal point for the team, and Benitez wants his striker to do a lot more than that.
So far this season, Mitrovic has scored seven times in 13 Premier League matches with the Cottagers – he managed a double on the weekend, having failed to find the back of the net for his club. in two months – and ambaded six goals in six. games for Serbia, too.
Claudio Ranieri, the new manager of the attacker at Craven Cottage, said that Mitrovic was not only "one of the best strikers in Europe, but also the world" after the crucial victory of Fulham 3 -2 on Southampton, his opponent of the relegation, this weekend.
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The eyebrows were raised on Tyneside following the affirmation of the Italian, especially since Mitrovic could never convince Benitez that he was the solution to the goal problems from United, but the Serb has demonstrated in the capital that he would find the back of the net in a team that is built around his strengths.
Mitrovic himself admitted that it was not suited to Benitez's tactical style – the attacker simply did not work enough in the eyes of the Magpies' official – and is far more suited to the situation. Fulham's offensive approach.
Apparently, the Magpies Magpies cult hero, Ameobi, approves Mitrovic's badessment of the situation. The former American striker born in Fenham felt that the discipline problems of the Serbian Tyneside were the main reason he had never succeeded at St James' Park.
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"I think Newcastle fans liked his toughness," Ameobi told the BBC's Football Daily podcast, citing Mitrovic's splint this weekend.
"Obviously, as a young player entering the Premier League, he has sometimes been a little excited on the pitch.
"The way he played, he always plays on the edge with his style of play, and he just got caught a little in the game when he first came to Newcastle.
"He was absent from a lot of games due to a suspension, and I think that meant that the relationship of trust did not exist with the manager." But I think he's not going to be there. has learned.
"He went to Fulham and he clearly feels at home, I liked him as a player in Newcastle, but I just thought that he was very brutal in terms of temperament, and that 's it. is something he has obviously worked on that is paying off for Fulham now. "
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