{"id":184224,"date":"2025-06-02T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/mitrovic-could-make-stunning-premier-league-return-as-three-clubs-weigh-up-swoop\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:46:07","slug":"mitrovic-could-make-stunning-premier-league-return-as-three-clubs-weigh-up-swoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/mitrovic-could-make-stunning-premier-league-return-as-three-clubs-weigh-up-swoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitrovic could make stunning Premier League return as three clubs weigh up swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Mitrovic could leave Al Hilal this summer, talkSPORT understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/aleksandar-mitrovic\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">30-year-old<\/a> has scored 68 goals in 79 appearances since joining from Fulham for a fee in the region of \u00a350million in 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\"><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Mitrovic has scored for fun since moving to Saudi Arabia from Fulham two years ago<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/1480531\/al-hilal\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al Hilal<\/a> are focused on incomings as they look to add marquee signings ahead of the Club World Cup, but they will also need to sell some stars to keep within the foreign quota rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Riyadh giants are working on a deal to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/victor-osimhen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Osimhen<\/a>, who is open to a move to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>And there is even talk within Saudi that <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/cristiano-ronaldo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> could be loaned to Al Hilal for the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>That is despite the club\u2019s CEO Esteve Calzada calling the rumour &#8216;science fiction&#8217; back in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113099\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> legend Ronaldo is also discussing a two-year renewal with Al Nassr.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that Al Hilal are prepared to sell or loan Mitrovic, but suitors may have to be patient because they want to finalise a replacement first so they are not left thin ahead of the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A return back to the Premier League for Mitrovic is possible with West Ham and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113058\/everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> both monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are also considering a move after missing out on <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/liam-delap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Delap<\/a> to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/viktor-gyokeres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viktor Gyokeres<\/a> is the dream target, but it remains to be seen whether the Sporting Lisbon marksman is prepared to join now that United have no European football this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113099\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> don\u2019t currently have the finances to pull off a deal without outgoings first.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"2\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mitrovic could be set for a return to England in either a permanent or loan deal\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" data-caption=\"Mitrovic could be set for a return to England in either a permanent or loan deal\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, (max-width: 660px) 620px, 940px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=940 940w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=480 480w, 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https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=3760 3760w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/aleksandar-mitrovic-al-hilal-celebrates-989825990.jpg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Mitrovic could be set for a return to England in either a permanent or loan deal<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>talkSPORT understands Mitrovic is available for around \u00a340m.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbia striker is even prepared to take a pay cut.<\/p>\n<p>Al Hilal are yet to receive and bids, but are braced for offers and prepared to engage with clubs once a new number nine arrives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113208\/fulham\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> are not expected to try and bring Mitrovic back.<\/p>\n<p>Central Saudi dealmakers are keen to show a two-way market is possible this summer with several outgoings possible.<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahli\u2019s Gabri Veiga is one example, with the 23-year-old midfielder on the verge of joining Porto for around \u00a314m.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"3\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mitrovic scored 111 goals in 206 games for Fulham\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" data-caption=\"Mitrovic scored 111 goals in 206 games for Fulham\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, (max-width: 660px) 620px, 940px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=940 940w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1880 1880w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=670 670w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=2820 2820w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=3760 3760w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/aleksandar-mitrovic-fulham-celebrates-scoring-804280022.jpg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Mitrovic scored 111 goals in 206 games for Fulham<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saudi officials don\u2019t view these exits as players jumping ship.<\/p>\n<p>They plan for periodic squad refreshes and believe several names purchased have either protected their value or increased it allowing clubs to bring in funds and become more self-sufficient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3254896\/aleksandar-mitrovic-manchester-united-west-ham-everton-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleksandar Mitrovic could leave Al Hilal this summer, talkSPORT understands. The 30-year-old has scored 68 goals in 79 appearances since joining from Fulham for a fee in the region of \u00a350million in 2023. 3 Mitrovic has scored for fun since moving to Saudi Arabia from Fulham two years agoCredit: Getty Al Hilal are focused on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[19338,9984,102,49485,1828,4711,110,854,4349,638,2912,2913],"class_list":{"0":"post-184224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups","8":"tag-al-hilal","9":"tag-aleksandar-mitrovic","10":"tag-everton","11":"tag-everton-transfer-news","12":"tag-man-united","13":"tag-man-united-transfer-news","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-saudi-pro-league","17":"tag-transfer-news","18":"tag-west-ham","19":"tag-west-ham-transfer-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}