Aleksandar Mitrovic must be Newcastle's bully-boy says manager Steve McClaren

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Agen TangKasneT  ~   Aleksandar Mitrovic has been advised to become Newcastle's bully-boy.

The Serbian striker is finding his feet in the Premier League after joining from Anderlecht with three goals this campaign.

Mitrovic was signed in the summer for £12million, and Newcastle boss Steve McClaren reckons the targetman can start to terrify defenders like Everton's Romelu Lukaku.

Lukaku, who also started his career at Anderlecht has 16 goals in 23 appearances this season and faces Newcastle on Boxing Day.

McClaren said: “Lukaku is very effective. He’s had to develop and now he’s looking like a real deal, the complete centre-forward.

Mitro is developing and is a few years behind. He has bullied defenders – he did that against Chelsea. That’s what we want from him. 

“He needs to hold that emotion and control it, but we should never take the aggression out of his game.

“There are a lot of things he has to work on and get right. He’s got talent and all the ingredients, he just needs to pull it all together like Lukaku has.

“We’re hoping he can make an impact this season, the quicker the better. He’s been boosted by the goal he got at Spurs.

Bandar Judi Online TangKasneT  ~   We’re just hoping he has those spells where he is very effective. He needs to score more goals, yes, but he was bought as a development and someone with potential, and that’s how he’s playing at the moment.”

Newcastle need more goals and teenage striker Ivan Toney has been recalled from loan at Barnsley suggesting Papiss Cisse's groin strain is serious.

McClaren says he will persevere with Siem De Jong to get him back to the form and fitness when he used to “run the game” for Ajax.

McClaren said: “He was their best player, but they were obviously a different team and I think the year out (injured) hasn’t helped him.

“I think he’s coming back slowly. He’s had to wait a long time, and he’s been frustrated. At Ajax he played in a team that dominated the ball and dominated possession. He was the focal point of that, but here it’s a little different.

“We don’t really dominate possession – we’re more of a transition or counter-attack team. But I think his experience over the last couple of games has helped us. His fitness has improved, and his running stats prove that.

“I think he said before the game, ‘I need to score a goal’. Like all strikers – nine or ten – they want to score and they want assists.”