Former La Liga Champions Show Interest in Championship Star

Former La Liga Champions Show Interest in Championship Star

Preston North End striker Milutin Osmajic has been subjected to interest from Spanish Segunda Division side Deportivo de La Coruna, according to Riazor.

Osmajic, 26, has scored 23 goals in 76 appearances with The Lilywhites since his permanent arrival from La Liga side Cadiz back in 2023, and has found the net in both of his Championship appearances so far this season, with an equaliser against QPR on opening day and a late winner against promotion hopefuls Leicester City seeing his goals secure all of Preston's four league points in the early season.

🚨GOAL | Osmajic Doubles Preston North End lead!!!!

PRESTON NORTH END 2 - 1 LEICESTER CITY #PNEFCpic.twitter.com/i0KCiZI5re

— 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬⚽️ (@widescores_com) August 16, 2025

His form has seen a return to Spain listed on the cards for the Montenegrin striker, but Deportivo reportedly are looking at other options as well as the 26-year-old.

Osmajic On The Move?

Milutin Osmajic has ousted himself as a fan-favourite striker in Lancashire, but may see himself returning to Spain by the end of this transfer window should Deportivo de La Coruna make their interest into a formal offer.

The 26-year-old Montenegro striker has plied his trade for the Championship side since 2023, scoring 19 league goals in that time including a result-deciding goal in each of Preston's opening league fixtures this season.

If you'd asked me Jul 1st what I want for Osmajic I'd have said €5/6m, but after the ludicrous window we are seeing for forwards my sentiment has changed massively. I'd be heavily inclined to say €10m and hold firm
The big issue with him though is the 30% profit sell on
#pnefc

— Alastair.Wood (@AlastairWood4) August 18, 2025

Osmajic arrived two summer's ago for a club-record fee of around £2.1m, and it would be likely that Preson would command a far bigger fee from Deportivo should they wish to make a formal offer. Additionally, former club Cadiz hold a 30% sell-on clause as part of the deal that brought him to Deepdale two years ago, and Preston may inflate their asking price with both that and the player's strong early form in mind.

So much so, Preston are reportedly setting an asking price of around £20m for his services, almost ten times the amount he was initially purchased for.

Preston currently sit 9th in the Championship table with 4 points, opening their season with a 1-1 draw with QPR and a 2-1 win over promotion hopefuls Leicester City. They avoided relegation to League One on the final day of the 24/25 season by a solitary point, with Osmajic scoring on the final day against Bristol City to help secure a vital draw to preserve their second-tier status.

Preston CEO Issues "Hands Off" Warning

Asked about the future of Osmajic earlier this summer by The Lancashire Post, Peter Ridsdale showed no interest in moving the striker on unless an offer was officially launched:

"Certainty will help everybody. But as we sit here at the moment, he's got two years to go. We love him to bits. He scores goals and we want him playing for us in as many games as he can be in the coming season.

“If that changes, because we get an offer, we'd have to consider it. But, we haven't had one. And are we actively trying to lose him? No, we're not, because goal scorers, as we've already said, are expensive.”