Fulham are interested in signing Italian international goalkeeper Mattia Perin from Juventus, according to reports from Italy tonight.
The 28 year-old’s agent held talks with the Juve hierarchy this afternoon to discuss his future at the club, with new coach Andrea Pirlo reportedly keen to bring in a new goalkeeper. Perin spent the second half of last season on loan at Genoa, the club where he started his career, making 21 appearances as Il Grifone fought their way to Serie A safety – finishing four points above the drop.
Perrin played more than a hundred league games for Genoa between 2011 and 2018 before joining Juventus for £12m. He was initially expected to challenge former Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szcz?sny for the number one jersey after the departure of Gianluigi Buffon but made just nine appearances and was eventually demoted to fourth-choice keeper when Buffon made a sensational return to the club. Perin was an unused member of the Italian squad at the 2014 World Cup, making his international debut against Albania in November 2014.
Scott Parker made Marek Rodak his number one midway through last season, dropping Marcus Bettinelli after becoming concerned about the number of goals Fulham were conceding from long range. If Fulham were to follow up their interest, Perin, who was rumoured to be close to joining Aston Villa last summer, could provide experienced cover for their two academy graduates and follow in the footsteps of Edwin van der Sar, who left Juventus for the Whites when they were also newly promoted to the Premier League in 2001.
No . Rodak is good enough , and Betts adequate cover . Last time we went up we signed two keepers just before season started , neither could speak English – quite important for a keeper – and Betts went from 1st choice to 3rd .
In Rodak we trust! Great reflexes and is an underrated goalkeeper.
Last time we bought two ‘goods keepers and they were shakey.
If he’s backup to Rodak then sure but I doubt he’d want to be after sitting in the ranks for years.
Yeah totally agree we have adequate cover should be looking at Centre Backs
From his point of view, he would surely only come to FFC in the expectation of being first choice. I agree – stick with R.
Nòooòooo!! We have adequate keeper coverage. Let’s concentrate on getting Harrison Reed signed and a CB and RB
This would be following the same route of mistakes that happened last time around unless of course plans are in place for Bettinelli to move on, then it might hold some water.
I think he would be good, if he wasn’t injury prone.