Club is desperately looking for striker. This is basically the announcement issued by Fulham since January 1 and the opening of the transfer window. However, it has been a month since the surveys started… and they have never ended. The Cottagers have multiplied the avenues, played for time on other files, recorded the injury of their winger, Harry Wilson, for a month and find themselves with their mouths in the water a few hours before the closing of the transfer market .
The only Raul Jimenez (5 goals in 19 Premier League games) appears alone on the attacking front and the replacements Rodrigo Muniz and Carlos Vinicius do not carry enough weight. The departure of Aleksandar Mitrovic for Al-Hilal for €52 million last summer is still being felt. “We sold our striker for a big sum of money and couldn’t replace him” recognizes Marco Silva at a press conference this Thursday, before the match against Burnley on Saturday.
The names parade, the refusals too
The club however struggled on the market but it undoubtedly lost too much time with the Armando Broja file. Chelsea are still willing to sell their striker but he asked for €70m. A sum much too high for the Cottagers, even if the management of the Blues has revised its claims downwards in the face of the lack of offer for the striker. “I will not comment on players or rumors. It’s not necessary” Silva reacted soberly.
The names have multiplied in recent hours. According to The Team, the BvB was contacted for a loan from Sébastien Haller. The German club did not follow up. Still in the Bundesliga, a loan offer with a purchase option of €15 million was made in Stuttgart to bring in Silas Katompa Mvumpa. It was refused according to Sky Sport Germany. Fulham even tried a poker game by contacting West Ham in order to be loaned… Saïd Benrahma. The Hammers said no to letting the Algerian go to OL…
