FPL players in disarray as Mitrovic hobbles off injured for Fulham against Newcastle

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Fantasy Premier League players are pulling their hair out in frustration after Fulham star Aleksandr Mitrovic hobbled off injured in the match against Newcastle.The Serbian - who scored 43 goals in the Championship last season - appeared to pull something during the encounter at Craven Cottage - which is not good news for those who selected the striker as part of their side for the season.And those online have vented at the news that the 28-year-old had come off with an injury, with some 32.44% of players using the £6.9m-rated striker in the game.READ MORE: Premier League clubs 'in discussions' over playing friendlies during World CupOne wrote: “If you didn't sell Mitrovic this weekend in fpl, you'll feel the pain.” Another said: “MITROVIC GOT INJURED????

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? WHAT A SHOCKING WILDCARD THIS IS FFS!!!.”A third wrote: “Mitrovic fpl troll of the year, injury and yellow card.” Someone stated: “Mitrovic booked and injured.

Toney booked. Jesus scoring. Why do we even play #FPL?”Another joked: “Managers getting 2 points in 2 gameweeks from Mitrovic will switch to Jesus now ahead of his 5th yellow card against Liverpool.”Meanwhile, pundit Rio Ferdinand tweeted: “What’s ya Fantasy predictions for this weekend??

Mitrović is my ©️this week! @OfficialFPL.”Fulham manager Marco Silva had hinted that he might play Mitrovic for the forthcoming game against the Magpies despite the player picking up a knock on international duty with Serbia in midweek.The Portuguese manager said in the pre-match press conference: “ “He doesn’t need that motivation (of playing against his former club), he doesn’t need to play against Newcastle to be motivated.“Mitrovic is always full of motivation to play with a Fulham Football Club shirt.