Former Fulham full back Stephen Kelly, now a fantastic pundit for various UK broadcasters, has told the BBC World Service that the Whites have shown a lack of ambition this summer.
The former Irish international told Sportsound that he understands why Marco Silva is upset by the glacial pace of Fulham’s transfer business:
“There’s been a real lack of ambition to improve the squad, which is surprising. It surprised me as well because the new stand is going to be fully open this season, so the club is making moves in the right direction in different ways.
I think as a manager, if you don’t get reinforcements, you feel like you’re not backed and you probably feel under-appreciated, and that can cause problems. I think as a player as well, you sometimes think ‘well, are they backing the manager, are they looking to stay with this guy’, because if they’re not going to give him the signings he wants, then what does that say?
He [Silva] will feel slightly aggrieved that he’s done really well by the club, not far from a European place. I don’t think it’s a lack of funds, and he’s got to be feeling, ‘why am I not being given the resources to improve the team. Do they not think I’m the right one?’ I find it a strange situation, especially with the ambition the club was portraying to have in the last few seasons.”
