According to NationalWorld: Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, currently playing in the Saudi Pro League, was unable to take part in training at the weekend due to a heart rate issue, which was reportedly caused by “physical stress”.
It is not the first time professional player being admitted at hospital due to heart conditions, Christian Eriksson suffered the similar tragedy.
Al Hilal signed the striker(Mitrovic) back in 2023 by amount of £46m after scoring a total number of 14 goals.
He played a big part in Al-Hilal winning the Saudi Pro League last season and remains one of the league’s top scorers this time around, despite missing most of 2025 due to a hamstring injury.
According to the NationalWorld; the club issued a statement regarding the health of their top striker.
Here is the statement released by club:
“The medical staff has decided to rest Aleksandar Mitrovic from Sunday’s training due to feeling fatigue and arrhythmias.”
Mitrovic only returned from his hamstring injury the week before, coming off the bench against Al-Fayah on March 3 and scoring in a 2-0 win.
Despite his injury setbacks, the Serbian forward has contributed 24 in goals whichh include 21 goals and three assists in 25 games this season.
Mitrovic become hot property back in 2021-22 season after he set a record of 43 goals in 46 matches and that same season his side got promosion into top-flight and after that he scored 14 goals and helped Fulham finish tenth in the league.
His departure left many people shocked including Manager of the club Marco Silva who described players exit as a “forced”.
Silva said “Mitrovic forced everything to leave the club. Both clubs have an agreement, it’s the moment for him to leave.
“He forced it. It’s clear what he did. I’m not saying if I’m disappointed or not in him, he knows my opinion, I told him in private. It was not just Mitrovic in our football club in the last three or four weeks.
“Is it normal? No. Should footballers behave in this way? No, is the easy answer. It was not like it should be in many aspects.”
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
