'It's pretty clear Kerkez will probably move on'
On this week's episode of Radio Solent's Cherries: Unpicked podcast, former Bournemouth defender Joe Partington spoke about left-back Milos Kerkez: "He's a standout player at the moment. He's involved in moments that define the outcomes of games."When Kerkez is on it, which he has been for the majority of this season, making those lung-busting 70-yard sprints to either recover or to overlap, and the Newcastle goal sticks out in my head, the assist over the weekend as well, the more moments like that, which he is doing consistently, the more people speak about you and the more people speak about you the more calls he will receive from those [bigger] clubs. "From a player's perspective he's in a nice moment, playing very well. He probably knows there's interest and he's using it as fuel. Inevitable is a strong word, but I think it's pretty, pretty clear that he will probably move on."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
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