The striker is reportedly on the Celtic radar and has gathered controversy south of the border. Celtic are said to be interested in a move...
The striker is reportedly on the Celtic radar and has gathered controversy south of the border.
The Hoops have been linked to a plethora of forwards as they look to remedy issues they’ve had in that department this season. According to the Celtic Way, ‘it is understood that Celtic are interested in Preston North End's Milutin Osmajic, who operates as a striker for the English Championship side.’
He joined Preston from Spanish side Cadiz in 2023 and has scored 27 goals in 91 appearances. His time at Deepdale has not gone without controversy though, being slapped with two huge bans in time with Preston.
What bans has Milutin Osmajic faced?
An eight-game ban was dished out in 2024 by the FA for biting Blackburn Rovers' Owen Beck in the Lancashire derby, and he was also fined £15,000. Boss Paul Heckingbottom said: "He knows he’s let us down, let himself down, let me down, let the team down, let the fans down.
"Listen, people make mistakes but why we feel let down, when we’re looking at our performances over the piece, and the chances we’ve been creating, I want to make sure he realises that he could have been scoring goals. People could have been saying some great things about him - so he knows he’s let himself down in that respect and also from our point of view we’re missing the goals and the points.”
Paul Heckingbottom on Milutin Osmajic ban
Heckingbottom said of his most recent ban: “I'm just glad it's done so we can put it behind us and move forward. I’ll just speak about the process. I think our club statement says it all, really. When you're with the FA, it's a different type of case. So, for example, when I got sent off at Watford, and I'll use this as an example to the process, I was accused of punching a wall, which I didn't do and I produced evidence of that.
“Independent witnesses as well, which were Watford staff, Watford stadium managers said, ‘No, he never punched the wall, he was shouting, swearing’. But the panel still found me guilty of it because they believed the referees. So, that's the process. It's just what the panel believe. It's not like a court case where you have to produce the evidence; it's almost the opposite, where you've got to produce evidence that the accusation is not right.
“So, that's how it's worked within the FA. It gives the FA autonomy then and a way to police their own game. The FA acknowledge in their paper that it's not an assassination of his character. They're not saying he's racist. They're saying they think he used the word which, I don't know if he did. But they also acknowledge it's based on probability and not fact, so that’s it. I know the person, know the lad but we have to accept it and move on.”
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