Langstaff 'EFL's most natural goal scorer' - Harris

Macaulay Langstaff scored 71 goals in two seasons at Notts County

Millwall's new signing Macaulay Langstaff is the English Football League's most natural goalscorer of the last five years, says head coach Neil Harris.

The 27-year-old striker completed his move to The Den from Notts County on Monday.

Langstaff has topped the league scoring charts in his last three seasons for Notts and Gateshead, breaking the record for the most goals in a National League season in 2022-23.

Harris is the Lions' all-time leading scorer and believes Langstaff has the right attributes to jump up two leagues and succeed in the Championship.

"He's absolutely natural, as natural as I've seen in any player in the Football League in the last five years, in my opinion," he told BBC Radio London.

"To be a Millwall number nine you've first and foremost got to have big character, good personality and a real work ethic – well tick, tick, tick on those."

Langstaff has scored 99 goals in 135 league games in his last three seasons.

'Bradshaw has huge role to play'

Millwall head coach Neil Harris says Tom Bradshaw is a 'huge part' of the club

His 42 goals fired Notts to the brink of automatic promotion in a thrilling battle with Wrexham two seasons ago, which saw the Magpies finish second in the National League behind the Welsh club with 107 points.

They beat Chesterfield on penalties in the promotion final to move back up to League Two - and 29 goals in his first-ever EFL season followed as Notts finished 14th in the table.

Harris, meanwhile, conrfirmed Wales striker Tom Bradshaw would remain at the club despite Langstaff's arrival.

"Bradders is a huge part of this football club. He's a senior statesman of the forward line and he’s got a huge role to play with us," he said.

"He's a great personality, he's got good leadership skills, he's infectious.

"He's getting older so he's not quite as quick as he used to be, but he's got great energy and desire."

'People see us as robots but we are human beings'

Millwall begin the new Championship season at home to Watford on Saturday, 10 August and Harris said he will look to make up to seven signings before then, with "one or two" hopefully in the "coming days."

The club have been recovering from the shock death of goalkeeper Matija Sarkic last month.

Local media said the 26-year-old collapsed at his apartment in Budva, in his native Montenegro.

Harris said he had been proud of the reaction of everyone at Millwall.

"I've praised the players highly in how they've dealt in the follow-up period from losing Matija, their teammate and friend," he said.

"I can't praise the football club, the players, the staff highly enough for that, as human beings and professionally as well, we've just got on with it.

"People see us maybe as robots on the job but we are human beings and anyone who's ever been in the position where they've lost somebody close to them, a friend or family member, knows it's not always the immediate aftermath that hits some people, sometimes it takes a bit of onset time.

“It’s still a difficult period for everybody but the guys are focused on the task ahead.”

Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic died in his native Montenegro in June