Fulham are close to completing three deals, according to Sky Sports News this morning.
The Londoners are finalising the paperwork with Paris Saint-Germain to bring in goalkeeper Alphonse Areola. Fulham know that they are several other Premier League clubs interested in signing the French international and are looking to conclude this deal as soon as possible. Marcus Bettinelli, who spent the second half of last season as understudy to Marek Rodak, has travelled to Teesside to undergo a medical ahead of a proposed season-long loan to Middlesbrough.
Fulham have also agreed a fee with Lyon for Dutch international right back Kenny Tete. The former Ajax defender passed a medical yesterday, according to reports in both France and Holland, and the deal is close to completion. The Whites are still set to sign former Chelsea defender Ola Aina on loan from Torino and that deal will include an option to buy, rumoured to be in the region of £11m.
Sky Sports suggests that Fulham are confident of finalising all three incoming transfers before the start of the new season against Arsenal on Saturday.
think the Italian keeper is a better option
Not convinced about the keeper especially if he is to be our No.1.
Would like focus to move to at least one C.B. and someone who can score goals (what happened to Babel)?
Overall though happy with the quiet way we seem to be progressing with recruiting this time around
The keeper is a Mercenary who just wants to live in London already brought his house is on 150 thousand a week his dodge agent , has been offering him to every club in London . Please wake up Fulham and don’t sign. Could end up wit trouble on your hands, and upset a good young keeper Rodak
I agree he may only be moving for the money.. I would prefer Rodak who was excellent to be our number one goalkeeper. Still waiting for news of signing a central defender.
Desperate for a C H along side our strong man, co.e Fulham don’t let us down
Rodak is our guy, find decent back up but Rodak starts.
Looking good – All the best to Marcus he deserves first team time , he was great and somehow feel he got raw deal after not goIng to Chelsea as a second keeper to stay with Fulham . Just hope Areola Not an other goalkeeping flop .
Indeed – we should start with Rodak . Lets not mess up like last time with Fabio
Alphonso is not needed with his rumoured wages. It would put him as the clubs top earner by quite some margin and for me, he wouldn’t be the no.1
Are we really likely to sign both Tete and Aina?
I’m really hoping we can find and sign the right CB
COYW!!!
Give Rodak the chance.
Bettinelli are a good backup.
To much money for a second goalie.
Please think better about the signing this time.
Central defenders is needed.
When are we going to get a centre back or 2 that’s where we are at our weakest and also another striker in case Mitro is injured.
Rodak our no 1 and since his introduction into our 1st team
was possibly the main reason for our promotion.
If you Google the other meaning of Areola you’ll see what his agent trying to make of us.
Where is the back up to support Mitro big shame we were not bold enough to get Ollie or similar
I wouldn’t touch Areola who is a very ordinary keeper. Rodak deserves to keep his place and I don’t think that this is Fulham’s priority.
We desperately need to get a very good centre back and a class striker to support Mitrovic. if we don’t, we could be facing relegation for a second time which I really don’t want to see.
I have been a Fulham supporter since 1972 and now living in Paris.
I know everything about Areola so please don’t sign him
Fine, irrespective of whether or not Areola starts (for me, Rodak should) our need for a second forward and 2 centre backs is paramount, and we have been left not only with a deafening silence on the topic but a further thinning of our centre back line now ‘sicknote’ Mawson has gone out on loan.
With the signings made and being made, still can’t see a finish higher than 2nd bottom.
Missing out on players like Calum Wilson and the other Bournemouth lad.
You need experience and none of the signings thus far have extensive Prem pedigree and experience.
we should have signed ollie Watkins from Brentford because he is English and also a central defender we should have sorted out what players we needed we should have sighed on loan Ryan sess from spurs I hope the signings that we are going to make are good but if anything goes wrong I would like to hear what Tony Khan has to say.
We already have 2 decent keepers. Why splash all those wages on another. Just get a CB, RB and Striker then we’ll be good to let the boys have a go. Feels a little bit like we’re buying expensive foreign risks again. What’s the point in Areola? He’ll be on his way to Heathrow if we get relegated. Lets be honest, theres a big chance we will go down no matter what. We should be using the money to buy talent that would stay with us long term
I don’t think Tony Khan has ever associated the word ‘centre’ with forward or back. We desperately need a centre back (or two) and a centre forward to back up Mitro. We can only assume that big money was the lure for Areola, if he is that good I would have expected a host of top clubs to be chasing his signature (no disrespect to our club here). Rodak deserves to, and should, start.