Jack Perniskie (MK Dons | England)

Yeah he's definitely there.

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Got on for the second half of this mornings first pre season and scored within a few minutes.

Received a good bit of praise from the gaffer in the post match thoughts too.

A nice start to life over in England for the lad. I really hope he does go well, because our striker stocks need some fresh blood coming through for the national team.

Great stuff.

Do we know if it’s a senior or youth deal?

He’s only 18

Got an assist as well in a 4-1 win and he only played the 2nd half

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/sport/football/mk-dons/gilbey-limps-off-as-dons-cruise-past-maidenhead-united-in-pre-season-8790819

It’s about a 90 min trip MK to Nottingham. Hopefully he can have a coffee chat one day with the Woodsman for a few pointers on coming to the UK as a teenage striker 

Off to Croatia for some more pre season matches. 

https://x.com/mkdonsfc/status/2075686215441928491?s=46

https://x.com/mkdonsfc/status/2075686215441928491?s=46

Keep an eye on their website. He doesn't appear in any of their squad lists so far (Firsts, Development, or Academy) but I would hazard a guess he'll possibly end up with the development group.

MK to play Skipe Ukich’s Istra in Croatia among other friendlies

No pro contract at Nix so no fee? 

If true that is more bad management from Gill and Dome

Nah. Perniskie only turned 18 in January.  FIFA guidelines mandate that players under 18 cannot sign professional contracts lasting longer than 3 years.

Problem was that Luke Supyk (age 20) didn't develop as hoped and has been let go. Could the Nix halfway through last season tried to negotiate an early Supyk exit and offer Perniskie a scholarship deal with chance to upgrade to senior? Not easy to do. Maybe they tried, but being that brutal with young players (as it would have been on Supyk) is not really their (or the NZ) way. Apparently that sort of stuff is common in the tough UK scene??

Again there is no perfect science to picking which players will develop and at which rate.

Perniske's agent must have some connections somewhere, and good on them for seemingly getting this MK Dons opportunity.

Though going to the UK at such a young age is no guarantee of success. The A League is littered with young Aussies who have returned to Australia, after their youth deals at UK clubs never lead anywhere much. Fingers crossed for young Jack. NZ badly needs a young promising striker coming through.

RR will know all this stuff in far more depth, but I've read under FIFA and national regulations, clubs that invested time and resources into a player's development between the ages of 12 and 21 are financially rewarded. So the Nix/Weenix will get some coin for Perniskie wherever his career goes from here.

The Nix will be entitled to some Training Compensation for him since he signed his first pro-deal overseas before the age of 23.

Niche Cache

MK Citizen: “Jack Perniskie was the beneficiary of a well-won ball by Kazungu, neatly picking his spot five minutes after the restart. A minute later, Maidenhead had one back when keeper Seb Stacey, on at the break, was caught in possession by striker Alfie Pendlebury on the edge of the box, leaving the striker with a routine finish to roll into the empty net. But Dons saw their two-goal lead restored just a couple of minutes later when Perniskie flicked the ball to the waiting Rushian Hepburn-Murphy to blast home.”

The coach spoke afterwards about how the young fellas that got an opportunity in this game all did well, adding that Perniskie took his chance nicely. Next step is off to Croatia for a training camp where they’ll ramp take up another notch. Perniskie was in that travelling group, you can see him top right in this collection of action snaps in the shadow with the black band around his left arm...

https://twitter.com/MKDonsFC/status/2076577427212419322

https://twitter.com/MKDonsFC/status/2076577427212419322

While in Croatia, MK Dons have scheduled a friendly against NK Istra which is the club that Stipe Ukich plays for. He’s seeking to crack their first team after showing some promise last year at the feeder club. Two teenaged kiwi forwards both on parallel quests.

Okay but how did Perniskie end up in Milton Keynes in the first place? Sounds like he spent some time over there on trial a wee while ago and now they’ve brought him in properly as the new campaign gets underway. No announcement or anything. That means we’re still in the dark about what kinda terms he’s agreed to. Could be a first team deal, could be an academy deal. Just gotta keep an ear to the ground as new information comes to light. And if you wanna know more about the player, well, it just so happens he was highlighted as one of TNC’s Top WeeNix Prospects a few months ago.