Nicky Devlin knew Bojan Miovski was top level when the striker looked right at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and PAOK on Aberdeen’s Conference League adventure.
Now the Dons full-back is praying the 16-goal hitman sticks around at Pittodrie to help fire the Dons back into the Euro zone next season.Hamilton’s ZLX Stadium might be a far cry from the Waldstadion or the Toumba arena in Thessaloniki.
But Miovski proved his value to Barry Robson’s side again in South Lanarkshire on Friday night as his brilliant strike broke the deadlock in a Scottish Cup tie with lowly Clyde that had been proving problematic.The North Macedonia international’s instinctive finish had Devlin - who struck the second goal in the 2-0 win - branding him the best in the business in Scotland.
And with Aberdeen looking to claw back a 14-point gap on third placed Hearts in the second half of the campaign, he knows much will depend on their talismanic number 9.
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