Fulham are mulling over making an offer for Mainz midfielder Jean-Paul Boëtius, who is set to leave the German outfit on a free transfer.
The Championship winners had approaches for the Dutch international turned down two years ago and could move again for the 28 year-old, after it was confirmed that would move on from Mainz this summer. Boëtius scored thirteen goals and added 23 assists in 129 appearances during his four years at the MEWA Arena, but has opted for pastures new after prolonged talks about a contract extension broke down.
Boëtius made his senior debut for his hometown club Feyenoord at the age of eighteen when Ronald Koeman named him as a shock starter in De Klassieker in October 2012. The teenager scored the equaliser in a 2-2 against local rivals Ajax and helped Feyenoord finish third, although his season was cut short after 20 appearances by an untimely knee injury. He helped the Rotterdam outfit qualify for the Champions’ League again in 2014, before joining Basel the following year.
Boëtius was an immediate success in Switzerland as Basel won the domestic double in 2016 and landed more trophies after making an emotional return to Feyenoord, lifting the Dutch Cup in 2018, before signing for Mainz for £3m. He has won a single senior cap for the Netherlands national side, having been picked for a friendly against France by Louis van Gaal in 2014, and is believed to be keen on playing in the Premier League. Boëtius is the cousin of Dutch international Urby Emmanuelson, who enjoyed a brief loan spell at Craven Cottage in 2013.
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FFC new signings should have PL experience otherwise you are taking a chance
Don’t agree with B GALL about PL experience, quite a few established EPL stars currently playing had no experience of playing in the EPL first!
Brede Hangeland? Joachim Anderson? Tosin Adaraboyio? None had premier league experience before joining Fulham.
A mixture of proven Pl experience with some overseas quality signings is the key and not make that mistake in 2018 by TK spending 105 million and 10 players with no proven experience, We need to start 1st by getting in a Quality Goal Keeper.
Why do people say must have Premier League experience thre is absolutely no good reason for it?
They don’t need to have premier league experience, but they do need to be good or half decent. But with Tony Khan and his ticked box system you will get irregularities. I think Marco has earned the right to pick his own players, otherwise we all now what will happen, sumo wrestlers and all that!
I do agree that players coming in should be at worst half decent. But PL is different and experience would be preferable. The biggest issue in my mind is too not change out 7 to 8 players. We should stick with the known players / Strengths to maintain some consistency. If we change too many like we did a couple of years ago. The teams leaning and bonding time will see us start very slowly.