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Al-Hilal seems to have already got their hands on their new striker for the 2023-2024 season as transfer expert Niccolò Shira reported that the Saudi club have already reached an agreement with Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Al-Hilal made an initial offer to the English club for the Serbian striker for £25m but it was rejected, and Al-Sharq Al-Awsad newspaper said they had made a second offer of £30m, which was also rejected, and Mitrovic had personal talks with Tony Khan, the director of football at Fulham. The Saudi offered after serving the club for the last 6 seasons.

Al Hilal have agreed a deal with Mitrovic to sign a contract that will extend to 2026 in exchange for €25 million a year, Shira confirmed via Twitter this evening, indicating that the chairman will now work to find a deal with Fulham.

Shera explained that the 28-year-old is asking 50 million euros to let go of the deal, which is close to a happy ending, especially since the player put pressure on his club’s management to agree to his departure. .

Al-Hilal let their Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo not renew his contract, which expired this summer, and withdrew their financial striker Musa Marika from a training camp in Austria before returning to Riyadh in preparation for his departure.

The Serbian national team’s all-time record holder, Mitrovic has been playing for Fulham since January 2018 and has scored 111 goals and set up 25 in 205 official matches.