Nikola Jojic
🇷🇸➡️ 19 year old midfielder Nikola Jojic has officially joined Stoke City 🏴 & signed a 4 year contract.
Mladost Lucani 🇷🇸 will receive a reported fee of €1.4 million plus bonuses for their young winger.
Srecno Nikola! pic.twitter.com/AZDQZAp1qa
— Serbian Football (@SerbianFooty) August 22, 2023
Jojić came through at Mladost Lučani, making his Serbian SuperLiga debut aged 16 against Red Star Belgrade in July 2021 before scoring his first senior goals against Spartak Subotica the following May. After a breakthrough 2022/23 season that brought eight goals in 38 appearances, he joined Stoke City on a four-year deal in August 2023, but made just one Championship appearance and spent time back at Mladost, then on loan with Gorica and Radomlje. He scored nine times in 34 games in Slovenia before leaving Stoke by mutual consent in July
The gut feeling says he could be going back, but he was playing top-flight Slovenian football last season, and it’s been suggested Jez was out there, watching games at that level. As a wide player, he fits the profile of something we need, and at six feet tall, he’s got a physical presence as well as Championship experience, albeit limited.
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