Silva: Mitrovic’s ‘forced’ move from Fulham to Al Hilal

Aleksandar Mitrovic, a forward from Serbia, has left Fulham to join Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, the two teams confirmed on Saturday.

After getting hurt in the season’s first game against Everton the previous weekend, Mitrovic, who has led Fulham in scoring four of the previous five seasons, was not on the field for the Premier League team’s 3-0 loss to Brentford on Saturday.

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Later, Marco Silva, the manager of Fulham, admitted that the club had regrettably decided to let the 28-year-old go.

The Portuguese told reporters at Craven Cottage, “I got information before the match and now the confirmation from the club after the match too that he’s on his way to leave the club.”

“Both teams have an agreement, and it’s time to

Sadly, as manager, I have to sign four or five players in the next fifteen days. It’s not easy being a striker, either in the position or the market,” he remarked.

Many clubs have similar goals in mind. We’ll try our hardest to accomplish that.

“To replace him, we need to choose the best player. If not, we’ll use the players we have here to take on the Premier League.”