Bojan Miovski: Aberdeen's new £500k striker, Zoom conversations and goal expectation

Aberdeen will be hoping new signing Bojan Miovski can come up with magic moments like his first goal of last season for MTK Budapest.

In an opening day draw at Gyirmót FC, the North Macedonian international dropped deep, allowing a team-mate to run in behind. He then made a run of his own to collect a pass, evade a defender before scooping the ball over the goalkeeper from a narrow angle and into the net.

It was the first of nine goals in 17 appearances in the first half of the season which brought about attention from clubs in Europe. So much so that MTK knocked back a €2million bid from Spanish side Granada.

Fast forward six months and Miovski, who turns 23 on Friday, has agreed a four-year deal to join Aberdeen, despite serious interest from top-flight clubs in Hungary, for a hefty six-figure fee which The Scotsman understands to be upwards of £500,000.

A sizeable outlay for a Scottish club – taking the Dons’ summer investment above £1million – but one, a young international with ten caps, which could prove to be a bargain.

“He’s a number nine,” Dons boss Jim Goodwin said. “He’s about 6ft 3in, very mobile, very athletic. He’s left sided and has got an eye for a goal, there’s no doubt about it.

“We all agreed that this is the type of centre-forward that we should be bringing into the club if we could make it happen.

“But we couldn’t have made it happen without the board’s support, and them believing in the strategy and vision we have for the team.

"There were a couple of big bids that actually went in for him last January from a couple of teams in Europe. But thankfully they didn’t come off and he was still available when I came into the club in February.”

Miovski, who will join up with the club once the Visa process