Carlos Vinicius will leave Fulham on a free transfer this summer after the Cottagers told the Brazilian striker that his contract would not be renewed.
The 30 year-old forward has plenty of interest from his homeland – as well as across Europe and in the MLS – despite slipping behind Rodrigo Muniz and Raul Jimenez in Marco Silva’s pecking order over the past couple of seasons. Vinicius, who moved to Fulham in September 2022, has eight goals in 52 games for the Whites, including heading the winner as Silva’s side beat Chelsea for the first time in seventeen years in 2023.
The former Benfica striker, who spent the second half of the 2023/2024 campaign on loan at Galatasaray, made a couple of appearances from the bench after Muniz injured his achilles but it is clear that Silva and the Fulham hierarchy have made a decision to move on after the younger Brazilian’s emergence as a genuine Premier League goalpoacher.
Not good enough for premiership should of let him go for small fee we were offered in January
Thank goodness.
Seems like a fun character. Anyone who is happy to spend years waiting for opportunities, while still coming across positive is alright in my book. Hope he finds some games where he is needed
I don’t believe this rumour!
It simply CANNOT be true!
Please tell me this is fake news.
Vinicius. MY Vinicius.
Please, I beg you- don’t go.
We only kept him at Fulham, after we sold Jay Stansfield to Birmingham. Was never going to be a permanent figure for Fulham
He had to go as he was not good enough ,plus he is very temperament!!.Need to spend money to strengthen the squard in other areas !!
No disrespect to the man but he was never good enough we signed him when nobody else wanted him, a panic buy we should have kept Stansfield but that’s Fulham though
So long Vini.
I feel sorry for the bloke. He never really got a chance to show his worth and a couple of, ahem, ‘temperamental moments’ seem to have put paid to him being anywhere near the pitch.
Since he joined, I’ve read so many ‘not good enough’ comments on various sites but, to be fair, he never really got a solid run of games to adapt to the Prem or build up his confidence, and I think those assessments are far too harsh. There’s definitely a footballer in there but I don’t think we got a chance to see him.
My take is that you don’t get signed by Benfica and win the league trophy for most goals scored (Bola de Prata) if you’re pants. I know it’ll be an unpopular view, but I trust Benfica’s scouts and coaching team far more than message board comments. I always secretly hoped that he’d get a run of games and prove all the doubters wrong, but that wasn’t to be.
He was patient and seemed to keep his chin up despite getting no game time, plus he always seemed a popular member of the squad and a good fit.
Good luck Vini and thanks for everything. I hope that your future is at a place where you get to play, and that you start banging them in again.
And that goal against Chelsea means you’ll always be a ledge at the Cottage.
Well said Franco. I wish him all the best wherever he goes. At only 30 he still has time to make an impact somewhere