The striker was sent off for headbutting Hull City midfielder John Lundstram on Tuesday
Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan expects Preston North End to try and engineer the sale of Milutin Osmajic.
The Montenegrin hit the headlines for the wrong reasons, again, on Tuesday night for headbutting Hull City’s John Lundstram. Osmajic has already been banned for eight and nine games while at Preston.
He bit opposition player Owen Beck last season and was then banned after an FA investigation into racism allegations made against him by Hannibal Mejbri. Not for the first time, the striker was the subject of discussion on talkSPORT’s Tuesday show.
"I saw the incident and my first reaction to it, while it is a sending off, is I don't think it's a full on, running, jump, headbutt," said Jordan. "It is not acceptable on a football field and he has illustrated a code of behavior, when it comes on top for him in moments of adversity, he can't control himself.
“I don't want to draw parallels but (Luis) Suarez did similar things. Players with a certain temperament, when it comes to a flashpoint it doesn't seem to matter what you say to them. Anyone coming back from an eight game ban, with all the controversy that surrounded that - and I know Preston and Peter (Ridsdale) were very robust that circumstantial evidence was not proven - but his previous offence, there was no debate.
“Even if there was an air of injustice, the last thing you do is come back from an eight game ban, where you've been no use to the team and you might've got a fine or whatever else, and do that. It would appear that in pressurised moments... because the player he headbutted wasn't innocent himself.
“The player in the altercation has pulled him around the back of the neck, so it isn't a case of the guy walking up to him, tapping him on the shoulder and headbutting him. The player was provocative and in a combative situation with him. I thought Paul Heckingbottom handled the conversation in the media pretty well.
“They need to marginalise the downside of getting this fella out, which is making sure some other fool will take on the liability of him - suggest he has been badly misunderstood and it is just cultural differences... he will be much better off in some other country, playing for them and by the way, here is the fee for him.
“That is what Peter will be trying to achieve now because I think, most likely, the manager will have run his course with him. But then again, with respect to Paul and how well he handled this, do you know your players? Do you know the reality of what your players are capable of doing and their flashpoints?
“I am sure Paul would say he put the player on notice, that if we get a situation, a flashpoint, you have been involved in two now. I am sure Paul must've said can we make sure you retain control when a moment comes on top. The player is not capable of it."
Danny Murphy’s verdict
"Is the juice worth the squeeze?" said former Liverpool and Fulham midfielder Murphy. "With Suarez, it was. He was so good. You could argue Eric Cantona was another one. Just somebody who is so good and so influential, that you take the madness. I am not sure he (Osmajic) is that influential."
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