Captain Tom Cairney is still in talks with Fulham about his continuing his Craven Cottage career beyond this summer
The 34 year-old midfielder started the Whites’ final game of the season – a 2-0 home defeat against Manchester City – and was serenaded afterwards by the Hammersmith End, who demanded that he be given ‘one more year’ after a decade of superb service. While Marco Silva suggested to Talksport after the final whistle that the skipper might be on his way, Cairney told Fulham’s official website that talks were continuing between the club and his representatives.
“We’ll see what happens next week. We’re still in talks, so it’s a weird feeling right now. I don’t know which way to go about it, obviously I want to thank a few people, but at the same time, we’re still in talks.”
The Scottish international insisted that he was proud of Fulham’s progress since being promoted to the Premier League in 2022 at the end of Silva’s first season in charge.
I think some people forget that this is our third season, after being in the Championship. Every year – we’ve built and built and built. We broke our record points tally for the Premier League in Fulham’s history this season, so things have gotten better. We could have got to an FA Cup Semi-Final but obviously lost to the winners in the end, so it is what it is. We’ve had ups and downs but, listen, we’ve built a strong team, a strong squad, and the manager’s done incredible in them three years.”
Top man is TC ,fantastic clubman and a damn good footballer,deserves at least another year maybe two,then maybe,if he wants to that is,he could help coach/guide our mant talented youngsters on their footballing journey,he most certainly has the right attitude and attributes to be a great help to the club.
Things have got better Tom, not gotten better.
I just hope he signs a one year contract. Rumours are rather he requires 2 years . Does his family really want to uproot or move to Wexham or somewhere else out of the London Area
Alwaya a classy performer, even at a youthful 34 yoa.
Would absolutely love it if he signed for a further year – he still can offer so much … await to see.
Tom Cairney has shown nothing but loyalty to Fulham, and it’s up to Fulham to show some of that loyalty back, if he want two years, give him two years.
He could have walked both times we were relegated but stuck by us..it is now time the club shows the same loyalty that TC has shown us
Tom Cairney has been Fulham’s best midfield player for ten years and still is. He is pure class and should be given a two year contract
Give him his 2 year contract. He has stuck with us through thick and thin and on his day is still the best midfield player at our club. He can still contribute and is a great ambassadorfor us. .if you look at how much we are paying Anderson who admits he only joined us for the money. Then there is Periera and ESR who is proving to be the most expensive mistake in our history. Give more time to home grown players like Sess and King Tom can also help a lot of our younger players. Please make sure he stays with us
Voted man of match against Man City and rightly so. Was far and away our best player.
Would love to see him sign for a further year or two and be given more game time as well.
We’ve given an ageing Brazilian a six month contract this season and he has provided far less in that time. Let’s get the real poor performers out of the club, 3 x Brazilians spring to mind Muniz excluded, and move forward with a squad of the ilk of TC.
I agree with Dave M and would definitely like to see more Academy players given a chance. Why have an Academy if you’re not going to play them?
My own view, always has been, is that Pereira does not contribute enough. ESR you have to give another season to see if he comes good. If he doesn’t a costly mistaken indeed. Wasn’t the Greek chap Mitrogloooolu a bit of an expensive mistake? Albeit they kept the figure a secret.
Anyway, being an old softy I’d retain Tom, still a good player. 2 years though, hmm?
A bit of a clear out needed, but signings have to be a couple of notches up the scale on the past. Splash the cash TK.
i would give him 6 months contract at most. His legs are gone, if we want to keep improving as a Premier League club we cannot keep think with our hearts. good luck captain, you deserve another two seasons as a protagonist in the lower division.
Oh captain, my Captain!!
TC deserves to be respected for all he’s done for FFC.
He’s been a model professional, even when not getting minutes on the pitch. He could have easily jumped ship long ago when his stock was still high, but stuck with us on what’s reportedly a ‘low’ wage for a Prem player and did a few relegation stints.
He’s never had a strop about playing time or his salary and I can’t think of one interview where he’s not come across as a genuinely nice bloke you’d have a pint with. I also can’t recall him ever having had a dig at a manager he’s played under or a team-mate. The only thing I can think of is that he referred to Mitro as a ‘bad egg’ after he’d thrown his toys out of the pram to get his move to Saudi, which I think is a fair assessment by TC.
He deserves at least another year, but on the understanding that his game time will be even more limited than this season.
TC has been an exemplary captain and a great face for the club in PR terms. I would hope that he stays on, comes on as a sub occasionally, helps the younger lads develop and deal with the spotlight, and acts as a PR ambassador for the club, as well as being a positive dressing room influence on both youth and senior players.
Enjoy TC while you can, young uns. You probably won’t get to see too many more like him, both in terms of talent and as a player who shows loyalty to the club for a decade. TC is one of a dying breed in a world of mercenaries who don’t care who they play for.
I’ll be genuinely upset when he leaves or hangs up his boots (hopefully as a Fulham player), and would like to think that there’s a future for him at the Cottage once his playing days are over.
However this pans out – retirement, a year or two more here, Wrexham or coaching, I hope it works out for him.