The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Aberdeen’s deadly duo looking to fire side to Euro dream
Striker Bojan Miovski hopes his lethal partnership with Duk can help fire Aberdeen to a third-placed finish.
Cape Verde international Duk is set to return from injury for tomorrow’s crunch Premiership showdown with St Mirren at Pittodrie.
Aberdeen can confirm a third-placed finish tomorrow if they defeat St Mirren, and if fourthplaced Hearts fail to beat Rangers.
Duk missed the 2-1 loss at Hearts at the weekend after failing a late fitness test on a hamstring injury.
Boss Barry Robson confirmed the former Benfica striker will be fit to link up with Miovski against St Mirren.
The lethal strike partnership have scored 36 times this season – with Miovski and Duk both netting 18 each in all competitions.
Miovski, 23, said: “I really love playing with Duk and I think we create a lot of problems for defenders.
“Duk is more strong, he can hold the ball and I run behind the defenders.
“We support one another on the pitch and he helps me score goals.
“There is no competition between us to see who can score more, there is no rivalry.
“When Duk scores I am so happy for him, and if I score he is happy for me.
“So if we continue scoring the goals everyone will be happy.”
The scoring form of the Dons duo has not gone unnoticed with a host of clubs monitoring the strikers ahead of the summer transfer window.
Southampton, recently relegated to the Championship, are understood to have Miovski on their radar.
Italian Serie A club Lazio reportedly considered moving for Miovski in the January transfer window.
French club Stade de Reims also have Miovski on their radar as do Italian top-flight clubs Bologna and Spezia.
Everton and Burnley, recently promoted to the English Premier League, are monitoring Duk.
North Macedonian international Miovski has three years left on his Dons deal while Duk is contracted until summer 2025.
Both Miovski and Duk recently indicated they have no plans to exit Pittodrie in the summer – and Miovski accepts the enormity of the push to close out third.
He said: “Every game is very important and we are going into them to win.
“We play differently now under the manager as we are more aggressive and score goals.
“Every goal I score I feel proud of myself and also my team when we win games.
“We aim to finish third.”