A section of Newcastle fans have expressed their sadness after the Aleksandar Mitrovic’s exit from St James’ Park to Fulham was confirmed.
The Magpies announced Mitrovic’s exit to Fulham on their official Twitter account on Monday.
Aleksandar Mitrović has completed a permanent move to @FulhamFC. Newcastle United wish Mitro the best of luck for the future.
Full story: https://t.co/5BRnYD9ksR #NUFC pic.twitter.com/ksEOiTJxDG
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) July 30, 2018
The 23-year-old joins the London club on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee and will wear the number 9 shirt.
The Serbian international made 72 appearances for the St. James Park outfit, scoring 17 goals in all competitions.
One Toon fan said Mitrovic’s exit hurt his feelings.
Nothing but Newcastle have rounded up the best tweets from a section of Newcastle fans on the departure of Mitrovic:
https://twitter.com/BoswellKeiron/status/1023970822040502274
— Josh Goodfellow (@joshgoodfelloww) July 30, 2018
Sad to see but it’s a team game and Rafa obviously doesn’t see where he fits in …. Good luck to him
— deano (@dkl5341) July 30, 2018
You have hurt my feelings
— Percival Hedgehog (@rhedward) July 30, 2018
Gutted.
— Craig Maskell (@Maskell18) July 30, 2018
— Cam (@cmaddison11) July 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/thornta/status/1023989818810933248
OPINION
You can see what the Toon fans thought of Aleksandar Mitrovic, they absolutely adored the Serbian striker and are sad to see him leave the club. He has so much ability and showed it in flashes at St. James Park but for some reason, he was never really able to fit into Rafael Benitez’s plans, no matter what the 23-year-old did. He then went on loan to Fulham and showed what he was really capable of. He has everything you need to be a top striker including pace, power, intelligence, hold-up play, finishing and loads of aggression. Fulham has signed a top-quality forward and made their relegation rivals weaker in the process, for Newcastle United, this transfer could come back to bite them in a big way next season.
