{"id":600275,"date":"2021-08-27T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=600275"},"modified":"2021-08-27T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:44:10","slug":"aleksandar-mitrovic-new-fulham-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/aleksandar-mitrovic-new-fulham-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandar Mitrovic Signs New Fulham Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fulham have confirmed that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has signed a new long-term deal at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian forward has committed to the Cottagers until the summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Aleksandar Mitrovic Commits to Fulham Until 2026<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The story continues\u2026 \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Professional goal machine! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKi8lJeVid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RKi8lJeVid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FulhamFC\/status\/1431196792247443456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;I&#8217;m Home&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website about his new deal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulhamfc.com\/news\/2021\/august\/New-Deal-For-Mitro\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitrovic said<\/a>: \u201cIt feels amazing. It\u2019s been my home now for three or four years so I\u2019m really happy to sign my contract for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Tony Khan, and of course the owner and everyone at the club, for making me feel at home and showing how much they believe in me and how much they love me here, so I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Khan added:\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce that we\u2019ve agreed to a contract extension to keep Aleksandar Mitrovi\u0107 at Fulham Football Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitro has been a driving force in both of our recent promotion campaigns in 2018 and 2020, as he\u2019s scored many important goals and created numerous indelible memories for Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always embraced the love of our supporters, and he\u2019s been a loyal friend to so many of us at the club, he really cares about Fulham and our people, and still he continues to produce joy for us on and off the pitch; I\u2019m grateful to Mitro for his allegiance to our club and our supporters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Bright Start to Season<\/h3>\n<p>After struggling in the Premier League last season, a campaign which saw Fulham relegated from the top flight, Mitrovic has begun the 2021\/22 Championship season in excellent form.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored in each of his last three outings and also assisted Ivan Cavaleiro in the brilliant 5-1 away at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/09\/sunderland-sign-midfielder-alex-pritchard\/\" target=\"_self\">Huddersfield Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Fulham&#8217;s promotion season of 2019\/20, Mitrovic scored 26 goals in the Championship, which helped them back into the top flight via the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>In total, he has scored 56 goals in 135 outings for the West London side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"zv5PYGQyTxt3bREKkg_nLg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1334753652\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'zv5PYGQyTxt3bREKkg_nLg',sig:'tz_lisioH0jVo4GrY9CQazaEKncN4G62PuplpEh9i0A=',w:'594px',h:'424px',items:'1334753652',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulham have confirmed that striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has signed a new long-term deal at the club. The Serbian forward has committed to the Cottagers until the summer of 2026. 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