‘He’ll be the best striker in Europe’ – the stunning emergence of Luka Jovic | Nick Ames
The 21-year-old Serbia striker is being chased by clubs such as Real Madrid and Liverpool as he prepares to face Chelsea in the Europa League semi-final
Eintracht Frankfurt had just beaten Schalke 3-0 and, among the smiling faces inside Commerzbank Arena, Fredi Bobic had particular cause to feel satisfied. Their young loanee striker, Luka Jovic, had scored two of the goals; he now had a dozen for the season and it was not even mid-November. “Luka has found his way here,” said Bobic, the club’s sporting director. “He disappeared at Benfica, but we remembered him.”
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