 However, he never managed to find his place as a regular for Hertha and finished his first season with the club having made only 11 Bundesliga appearances.Although Lakić started the 2007–08 season with Hertha, also appearing in their first Bundesliga match of the season, the club decided to send him out on a season-long loan to Dutch side Heracles Almelo on 29 August 2007.He made his Eredivisie debut for the club on 15 September 2007 against Ajax and scored his first league goal on 22 January 2008 against Excelsior Rotterdam.