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England must be wary of 'monster' Mitrovic after his stellar Saudi season
Evening Standard
|June 14, 2024
Summer-signings Benzema, Neymar and Mahrez were tipped to be stars, but Mitrovic has outshone them all by scoring 40 goals
WHEN clubs in Saudi Arabia spent more than £700million on signings last summer, few predicted Aleksandar Mitrovic would be the pick of the bunch.
Karim Benzema, Neymar and Riyad Mahrez were tipped to be stars, but Mitrovic has outshone them all by scoring 40 goals in a brilliant season.
The Serbia striker has taken the Saudi Pro League by storm after leaving Fulham for Al-Hilal and will be the biggest threat to England in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday.
Those who have watched him up close in Saudi believe the 29-year-old is as dangerous as ever.
"He has been nothing sort of sensational," says journalist Matt Monaghan, a contributor to Arab News, an English-language daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia. "For me, he was the signing of the season. And, when you look at the players that were brought in last summer, that's some accolade.
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