Veljko Milosavljevic

Milosavljević defends with genuine technical quality rather than relying purely on physicality, which is exactly why youth coaches occasionally used him in a deeper midfield role during his time coming through at Red Star Belgrade. That flexibility marks him out among young centre backs, most of whom are picked for size and aggression long before anyone considers their passing range. He debuted for Red Star as one of the youngest players in the club's long history, a sign of how far ahead of his age group he was already judged to be.

The leap from Serbian football to the Premier League is significant, and how his more considered, possession-based instincts survive against the pace and physicality of English strikers remains to be properly tested. He earned a senior Serbia cap remarkably early. Whether Bournemouth trust him with regular minutes or manage his introduction carefully is the more pressing question right now.