Andre Frank Anguissa was left out of Fulham’s opening Championship fixture against Middlesbrough yesterday because he wants to leave the club, according to a report from the Athletic’s Peter Rutzler.
The Cameroonian midfielder told Marco Silva of his desire to leave Craven Cottage on Friday and the Fulham head coach decided to omit the 25 year-old out of his matchday squad. Silva has been clear that he only wants to use players who are fully committed to Fulham’s aim of returning to the top flight at the first attempt and Anguissa made clear that he does not wish to play in the Championship.
He had previously been loaned to Villarreal when Fulham were relegated from the Premier League and, despite playing in the final pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic last month, now looks set to exit before the end of the summer transfer window. Fulham rejected a loan offer from Valenica last week – largely because the Spanish side were not willing to pay a loan fee for Anguissa’s services – and reports from the Italian press have suggested that Roma are monitoring the midfielder closely. The Londoners are rumoured to holding out for an offer that meets their £21m valuation.
Australian midfielder Tyrese Francois made his first league start in Anguissa’s absence, playing more than seventy minutes in central midfield as Silva’s side started their Championship campaign with a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough.
Well we all expected it but hoped otherwise . But Lets take the 21M +\~ ,use the money to invest in new talented players who want to play for the club and be part of Silva’s Black and White Army promotion squad. Siri , Robinson , anf for other reasons Kamara and Le Marchand should all go too . And if Carvalo mad enough to want to leave at this stage of his life him too . Silva wise and experienced enough to find good replacements .
If he doesn’t want to be here then it’s time his stay at Fulham came to an end. Best for all parties.
Definitely sell Anguilla,pretty comfortable on the ball but that’s all,has he ever scored a goal?,take the money and run that also applies to Serious,these players have never had their hearts and souls in this club,get rid and bring in grimes and a striker
OK just sell him then no more loaning him out
I don’t know why we sign players who don’t want to be here he was away more than he was with our club so good riddance he has no loyalty to Fulham.
Sell him he’s not that good runs into a brick wall don’t score goals not good enough for Fulham
Shame, he could have done a job for us this season and even chipped in with some goals. FFP rules though mean we must sell some players to balance the books and hopefully we will get enough for him to reinvest as well.
Should we extrapolate that Seri wants to stay?
Seri, Kamara, Cavaleiro, Knockart, Le Marchant, Mawson could all be sold and the club wouldn’t miss them. It would shave a lump off the wage bill too. I like Anguissa but he doesn’t want to stay so get rid as well. If Carvalho wants to move at this stage in his career he should look at what happened to Ryan Sessegnon & Patrick Roberts.
I fully agree with Bill. We need to drop/trade our bench performers and add some vitality/youth to this group. Anguissa was probably our best player but he was expensive and did not want to play here. It is time to get our rumored replacements on-board… NOW.
I fully agree with all comments especially Bill’s. Why are players who do nothing for the club, show no loyalty still here ? As for the youngsters Patrick, Sess, Harvey, Bierath and now Carvalho why do they all want to leave ? What’s wrong with our set up
We all knew this.
All those youngsters mentioned think the grass is greener, none have really made it with the clubs they went to. There’s no loyalty in football, only money talks…
William smiles, your comment is so true, none have done things at other clubs and these players have no loyalty and as you said money is all they are after.
The young players that Robert Renwick mentioned all use Fulham as a stepping stone for they think are better times ahead with more MONEY and bigger clubs. We should stop being so charitable and make them sign longer contracts at an early age. I am not sure this is possible for it only will stop the inevitable that they do not want to be with Fulham. I wish I knew the answer. It must also be bad for morale for our trainers who are honing their skills, only to see them go prematurely.
Gone are the days when Johnny Haynes and George Cohen felt that they owed our great club better respect and loyalty. These young players will only learn their lesson when they move on and find life is not greener on the other side of the hill.
ALL players that do not want to be here. Let them go, they are no use to us for they have no loyalty and must sap the morale for the remaining players.
It’s quite simple – – if you don’t want to play for the club or the Jersey or you do not respect the ethos of Fulham F C. – – your not wanted at this club!!!
Good riddance. If you don’t want to play for Fulham then why stay. Cash in and employ people who want to play for the whites.