SI.com · Dec 21, 2018
Claudio Ranieri Explains Aleksandar Mitrovic's Struggles at Newcastle Before Fulham Move
This weekend, Aleksandar Mitrovic will return to former club Newcastle with Fulham in the Premier League. Despite impressing at his current club, the Serb struggled in his three year-spell with the Magpies.
Current Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri has claimed that he knows why Mitrovic failed at the club, stating that he simply didn't get enough time to develop as a player at Newcastle.
The 24-year-old striker was relegated in his first season with the Magpies and then found minutes hard to come by playing in the Championship the following season. He was loaned out to the Cottagers in his final year as a Toon player and eventually joined the team on a permanent basis in 2018.