In the 23rd round of Serie A this season, Milan played Frosinone away, Giroud was elected MVP of the game with a pass, and Jovic scored a goal when he came off the bench in the 80th minute of the game, which also confirmed his red and black koi character. It is worth mentioning that Jovic scored his first goal of Milan in December at home to Frosinone, and he scored a 3-1 win over the team. Sometimes I have to admit that there is also a subtle relationship between the player and the team, and Jovic, who has been down all the way since bidding farewell to Eintracht Frankfurt, has finally shown signs of recovery in Milan.
Jovic is a typical "small-town genius" type of player, which is also destined for his career to constantly accept the reality of "there are people outside the world", and spend it in the cycle of self-denial and shattered reconstruction. Jovic came through Red Star Belgrade and became the youngest goalscorer in the history of Red Star when he came off the bench and scored in the final round of the 2013/14 Cel Premier League against Vojvodina. That summer, Jovic was officially promoted to the first team. In the 2016 winter window, the Serbian star joined Portuguese giants Benfica for 6.6 million euros, but the then 18-year-old Jovic did not get many opportunities, making only four substitute appearances for Benfica's first team in a year and a half, and the rest of the time for Benfica B. Jovic spent the summer of 2017 on loan at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
In the 17-18 season, Jovic, who made his debut in the top five leagues, handed over 9 goals and 2 assists in 27 games (11 starts) as a rotation player, so he began to be reused. In the 18-19 season, in the 8th round of the Bundesliga, in the match between Frankfurt and Fortuna Dusseldorf, Jovic played five sons to help the team 7-1 bloody opponent, when he became the youngest player in the history of the Bundesliga to score five goals in a single game at the age of 20 years and 300 days, and he was also the first player in the history of the Frankfurt team to score five goals in a single game in the Bundesliga. That season, Jovic made 48 appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt in all competitions, contributing 27 goals and six assists, including the third-highest scorer in the Bundesliga with 17 goals and five assists, and he scored 10 goals in the Europa League to help the Black Eagles reach the last four as dark horses. At the age of 20, he became famous with five goals in a single game, and was the team's top scorer at the end of the season, Jovic's value soared to a peak of 60 million euros, and it was logical to enter the rhythm of the next big club.
Barcelona are said to have sent scouts to Jovic 14 times, but the latter never landed at Camp Nou. In the summer of 2019, Eintracht Frankfurt bought Jovic from Benfica for 22.3 million euros and sold it to Real Madrid for 63 million euros, but as we all know, the Bernabeu is not such a good place to mix. Jovic joined Real Madrid at the same time as Eden Hazard, the Belgian was beaten by Meilinger, and the Serb was also infamous as a lazy parallel import. In fact, Jovic did not get a chance at Real Madrid and struggled to play value in his limited playing time. In the 2021 winter window, Jovic returned to Eintracht Frankfurt on loan, but he is no longer a regular in the team. Jovic moved to Fiorentina on a free transfer in the summer of 2022 and contributed 13 goals and three assists in 48 appearances for the Purple Lilies last season.
There was a force in the dark that pushed Jovic to Milan for a walk. First of all, his father's name is "Milan", and secondly, his idol is also Milan legend Ibrahimovic, who was once rumored to have an affair with the Rossoneri in 2020, and is expected to succeed the elderly Ibrahimovic. After going round and round, Jovic still joined Milan as a free agent, Ibrahimovic has retired to the club's management, and although he cannot succeed Ibrahimovic, he still has a chance to succeed Giroud. So far this season, Jovic has contributed seven goals and one assist in 19 appearances (six starts) for Milan in all competitions, including a number of game-changing goals. In addition, he scored four goals as a substitute, joint with Lautaro for the most goals from the bench in Serie A this season.
Jovic's performances have won over the Milan hierarchy and it is likely that he will be offered a contract extension. At the same time, Giroud's contract with Milan expires this summer, and if the Frenchman chooses to leave the mainstream of the game and retire to the MLS, Jovic, who is in his prime of play, is the perfect candidate to inherit the Rossoneri's main centre-forward position.