Reports from Portugal suggest that Braga midfielder Almoatasembellah Al Musrati is poised to sign for Fulham having arrived in London to finalise the impending transfer.
The Libyan international is due to put pen to paper on his contract with the Cottagers shortly, according to Diario do Minho, after Fulham saw off a belated attempt by Wolves to hijack the deal. The imposing defensive midfielder, who helped Braga win the Taca de Portugal last season and was named Primeira Liga player of the month in February, has made 89 appearances and scored six goals in two seasons since being signed by Carlos Carvahal.
Al-Musrati is highly rated by Marco Silva, having spent the past six years in Portuguese football after joining Vitoria de Guimaraes from Al-Ittihad Tripoli. The 6ft 4in midfielder, who has been heavily linked with a move to Benfica or Sporting Lisbon in the past year, has won forty senior international caps for Libya, scoring two goals, and played an integral part in their 2014 African Nations Championship success.
Fr information:
Al Musrati’s firstname comes from “Al-Mu?ta?im bi?ll?h (??????? ?????, lit.?’He who seeks refuge in God’), who was the eighth Abbasid Islamic caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. He was the younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid who ruled the between 786–809.
Al Musrati surname comes from the town of Misrata Arabic: ??????, romanized: Mi?r?ta is a city in the Misrata District in north-western Libya, situated 187 km (116 mi) to the east of Tripoli and 825 km (513 mi) west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. With a population of about 881,000, it is the third-largest city in Libya, after Tripoli and Benghazi. It is the capital city of the Misrata District and has been called the trade capital of Libya.
Isn’t he the Caliph in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights?
I hope this isn’t just another rumour we have to get our act together,I think he would be a good signing so T.K get this done.
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As John said I hope this isn’t another rumour I will be happy when I see him in a Fulham shirt Looks not a bad player would like to see a few more signings and get them done early perhaps William Carvalho as well how awesome that would be with him and Musrati together let’s wait and see though this Moreno looks Ok but desperately a CB or 2
Just found out today he was never in London what the Hell is going on here Benfica we’re the only team come in for him this is dejavu again we will end up as last season with loanees and players nobody wants l know not many other teams have bought yet but a bit of truth this time might help
Difficult to work out what role he plays in midfield.
He doesn’t appear to be much of a goalscorer.
We’ve had a lanky midfielder before. Anguish. Look how that worked out.
We need to sign 4 Stella purchase’s across the spine of our team, remember the word Stella, not 8 mediocre players, as the Premier league is relentless, he will be OK but we need some big guns to show the others that Fulham mean business this time.. Hope you all agree.