FFS people wanted experience and for us to try something different, Speakman delivers and you still complain.
https://targetscouting.com/2024/07/18/milan-aleksic-fk-radnicki-scout-report/ Milan Aleksic is a Serbian 18-year-old midfielder who plays for Radnicki 1923 in the Serbian Superliga. Aleksic is a multipurpose midfielder, as he can play as a 10, 8 and even if needed as a 6. He is around 180 centimeters tall and comes off a good debut season in Serbia, as he scored 2 goals and assisted 7 goals in 25 appearances (16 starts). Aleksic is right footed, but he often uses his left foot as well. The player has also debuted for the Serbian U19 team and has 3 appearances in total. Milan Aleksic has a mesomorphic body build, but still lacks some strength in ground duels. He performs better in them offensively rather than defensively. His balance helps him while having the ball and when dribbling past defenders, but when defending he visibly lacks strength to come in front of the defender/get him away from the ball to intercept it. But as he is quite average in ground duels, Aleksic is better in the air. His jumping reach is good, and he balances his body quite well in the air as well. Acceleration and pace of Aleksic are quite good, but nothing amazing as well. His fitness looks quite good, he can run throughout the whole game. The Serbian youth national player his mental is quite good. Doesn’t really react on mistakes or fouls and doesn’t discuss with the referee as well. Offensively, Aleksic can contribute on different ways. Even though he doesn’t average a big number of passes or touches, he is still crucial for the team to create chances. His passing is good. The total passing average for last season is around 77%. He is often progressive with his passing, but passes backwards or sideways if there is no other option. Aleksic doesn’t give high, long passes. The Serb prefers to keep them lower to the ground, often the same with deep passes behind the defenders. High passes like crosses aren’t his favorite, and he isn’t really good at them. Aleksic is really good with the ball at his feet. He progresses almost always with the ball and isn’t scared of being pressed by multiple opponents. His technical abilities are really good, he keeps the ball close to himself and keeps his head up to always look for an open teammate to pass to if needed. He dribbles past his man really well and is a tough player to put off the ball as his balance is good. Doesn’t lose the ball very often. Aleksic positions himself slightly more on the right side rather than the central or left side. But he often goes in these areas as well. He often roams without the ball and tries to get open in space. Doesn’t really run forward for deep passes. Aleksic mostly shoots from distance, but he is possible of getting into a box and getting a shot on target. Out of an average of 1.6 shots per game, 0.5 of them are on target. Overall, he is promising in the offensive side of the game. But there are some parts to work on.
Sign Roko Simic and a back up full back, plus these two, and I'm over the ****ing moon. Another striker on top would obviously be great but I'm not sure I could get happier with our window. To only lose Clarke, retain at least in the short term Neil and Cirkin, and retain the long term futures of Jobe, Hume, Ballard and Rigg, plus add these guys with the money from Clarke, (presumably) Ekwah and Aouchiche - is just immense.
Copley and the Echo doing their immediate "there's interest but nothing is concluded" story they do about EVERY transfer before it gets concluded.
