Jets line up Serb to replace Steele
By JAMES GARDINER Feb. 18, 2015, 10:03 p.m

SERBIAN midfielder Enver Alivodic is poised to join the Newcastle Jets as the club moves to fill another hole on its depleted roster.

Alivodic is due to arrive on Friday at the Jets, who signed Nigel Boogaard and Radovan Pavicevic this week to three- and two-year deals respectively.

Subject to a medical, Alivodic will take the place of Jonny Steele, who was released in December.

A 30-year-old right winger, Alivodic has played most of his career in the Serbian SuperLiga.

He is understood to be under the same management as Perth Glory playmaker Nebojsa Marinkovic.

After attracting interest from Turkish club Besiktas in 2013, Alivodic has played the past two SuperLiga seasons for Vojvodina, scoring 12 goals in 53 appearances.

Apart from Boogaard and Pavicevic, goalkeeper Ben Kennedy, midfielders Ben Kantarovski and Jacob Pepper and right back Scott Neville are the only senior Jets players contracted for next season.

The club has started talks about extending the stay of Daniel Mullen and Korean Lee Ki-je, who signed short-terms deals this month.

Captain Kew Jaliens agreed to a mutual termination on Monday and has linked with Melbourne City as an injury replacement. Joel Griffiths, Adrian Madaschi and Billy Celeski are awaiting revised termination offers.

David Carney, who has almost 18 months left on his $230,000-a-season deal, will have his unfair dismissal case heard by an arbitrator on Friday.

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