Fulham boss Marco Silva backs record-breaking striker Aleksandar Mitrovic to prove doubters wrong and take his goalscoring form into the Premier League next season
- Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 38 goals in just 37 appearances this season
- He overtook Ivon Toney’s record of most Championship goals scored in a season
- Marco Silva has backed Mitrovic to take his form into the Premier League
Aleksandar Mitrovic has been tipped to take his Championship record-breaking goalscoring form into the Premier League and prove his doubters wrong.
The Serb striker has taken Fulham, at home against Coventry on Sunday, to the cusp of an immediate return to the top flight with a remarkable 38 goals from their 39 games.
Fulham manager Marco Silva, also with reputation restored, said: ‘He has been phenomenal.’
Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 38 goals in just 37 Championship games so far this season
The 27-year-old, signed from Newcastle United four years ago, was a fringe player in Scott Parker’s relegation side last season and there were suggestions he would leave in the summer.
Silva convinced him to stay and has been rewarded handsomely. The Portuguese coach revealed it swung on a pre-season chat. He said: ‘I was clear what I expected from him, our philosophy and how he could be a key player for us.
‘I was not worried about his fixture after that conversation wanted to be part of the project, be with me and be a part of the football club.
Fulham boss Marco Silva has backed the Serb to take his form into the Premier league
‘It is difficult to find a player in the Premier League, fighting for top six or the championship who has scored more than 30 goals.
‘If you expect someone to score over 30 goals you are not thinking in a normal way.’
The Serb’s winner over Portugal secured World Cup qualification last November as Silva added: ‘I do not think his country play in the Championship. A good player can score at any level and he is a good player.’
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