CHERRIES youngster Mikael Ndjoli has joined Gillingham on a season-long loan.

The 20-year-old forward spent the 2018-19 campaign at Scottish side Kilmarnock, scoring five goals in 31 appearances as Killie sealed a Europa League spot for finishing third in the Scottish Premiership.

And Ndjoli will now get his first taste of senior English football with Steve Evans' Gills in League One.

Ndjoli joined the Cherries academy in 2016 and signed a new two-year professional contract this summer.

The loan deal with Gillingham also includes a January recall clause.