Fulham are targeting Danish centre back Jannik Vestergaard to bolster their back four before the start of the Premier League season, according to the Sun’s Alan Nixon.
Head coach Marco Silva has reportedly grown frustrated with the slow pace of summer acquisitions and faces the prospect of lining up with last season’s central defensive pair – former Manchester City trainee Toisin Adarabioyo and American veteran Tim Ream – in the opening game against Liverpool on Saturday. With the Portuguese coach having banished the injury-plagued Terence Kongolo from his senior set up, the Whites’ only back up at present comes in the shape of under 21 centre halves Connor McAvoy and Idris Odutayo.
The Cottagers are continuing negotiations over a deal with Issa Diop but any transfer will have to wait until West Ham have brought in a replacement to ease their own defensive crisis. Vestergaard, who was a popular part of Southampton’s side making 79 appearances in three years at St. Mary’s, has struggled to fit in since making a £16m move to Leicester and appears likely to move on this summer. With the Foxes holding out for £12m for the 29 year-old, the Sun suggests Fulham are proposing an initial loan move.
The 6ft 4in defender made just ten league appearances as Leicester finished eighth last term, but Vestergaard was a key part of the Danish side that reached the semi-finals of the last European Championships.
I’m close to an anyone but Ream comment. A great servant but increasingly limited at the top level. I like him so don’t want him embarrassed tbh.
Sorry we lost Roden but we must get two CBs so if this guy is an upgrade on Ream let’s get on with it.
When will we learn and get our recruitment done by mid July!!
Is this guy any good if so knowing what our transfer dealings have been of late we should get him in the January Transfer Window but it will probably Be to late by then Also have we signed Leno or not no announcement has been made which means there’s a problem ah well can only keep hoping everything will be Ok
Why would any manager put up with working for the khans, silva must be pulling his hair out having to start the season with ream and tosin as only recognised centre half’s.
Always trying to nick a deal is putting our whole season in jeopardy.
Never learn there lesson or do they really want to stay in the premier league ?
This guy was really good with Southampton and Leicester paid a lot of money for him so he must be decent.
No idea why it hasn’t worked out at Leicester but he has hardly figured there.
He likes to play out from the back and is a good tackler.
Even if he comes in now, it’s highly unlikely that he would figure against Liverpool at such short notice and with a lack of playing time.
So frustrating!
Leno was left out of the Arsenal squad yet again yesterday so clearly something is happening. God knows what though.
I’m resigned to losing our first game and just hope and pray that SOMETHING is happening in the background.
Like Mark. I don’t want to disparage Tim Ream but he, himself, would know that he couldn’t cut it in the Premiership last time around and must surely be aware that the majority of fans and reporters see him as a weakness in our team. That can’t be good for his confidence.
Let’s see how he does today.
Silva is right to be unhappy with Tony Khan.
How long will it take for him to understand that Tim Ream is simply not good enough for the premiership .
Tony Khan looks like he wants us to go down a third time.
Spend the money and stop messing about !
There is no way we will survive if our defence is not strengthened. Tim Ream deserves a statue but the pace will be too much for him in the EPL. I have concerns about Robinson, he cannot cross a ball decently and he can’t defend. And why the loan arrangement for Solomon. I understand the loan situation re the Ukraine-Russia situation but they could have bought him outright as I understand. If he stands out in the EPL a host of clubs will come in and cut us off at the knees. Why do we leave it so late to get things sorted, does Tony Khan work off a different calendar to the rest of us.
Watched the Liverpool vs Man City game, I really fear for us next Saturday, Liverpool will tear us apart, men and boys I’m afraid ?
What happened to Roden ? Is that 100% off ?
Even if not we need two not one CB signings .Vestergaad hopefully is more than just an other failed story ..
For Liverpool game why not give a chance to Idris Odutayo. He was outstanding against Nice and will have greater pace than Tim Ream . No one expect us to get a point from this game so maybe Marco can take some risks. . A real concern is that if TK does not deliver what Marco needs He and his great backroom team will leave when other options become available. Marco is clearly one of our best managers ever and Just hoping there is some grand scheme behind all this and we going to build a great back 4 … Who remembers the days of Fortress Fulham ? COYW
Perhaps Tony Khan is waiting for one of his wrestling buddies to step in as CB.
He cannot do two jobs.
Well preseason is done basically and we have 1 CB capable of playing regularly in the Prem. Obviously we need 3. It’s ridiculous. All the time and effort that goes into promotion and then Marco is given this defence to compete with at the highest level. He’s bound to be thinking about the position he’s been put in. It’s clearly utter nonsense. No matter what happens now it is too late to bed them in. More CBs will turn up at some point. They absolutely have to, but, all the advantage of automatic promotion and preseason has already been wasted. Pathetic.
Can FST from their meetings tell us whether TK = AM or FFC = AM and therefore is there hope that 06.08 = 2CBs
From a sad old git
Must be Sunday before a 100 mile drive up to FFC v VR
Leicester fan in peace –
Please take him from us. I mean this wholeheartedly when I say I haven’t met a single Leicester fan who rates him. He is far too slow for the PL and at times it’s like watching a truck. He is 6ft 5” or whatever he is but yet he doesn’t command in the air. He’s decent playing out from the back I will give him that but otherwise he’s essentially a lamppost with legs. You lot can definitely do better but selfishly I hope you don’t!
The Solomon deals Stinks with no option to buy as somebody as said if he plays well other clubs will come in for him almost defineately don’t worry all the big clubs we will find the players and you can take them from us ,the CB saga is almost a TV Series on its own Maybe Netflix can turn it into a film titled Khan The Search for a CB
By the time he fires up his statistical software on player recruitment in his bedroom with his skidders vestergaard will be announced at Bournemouth or Brentford.
I don’t think our demands as a fan base are that unrealistic, we just want a pair of centre backs.
Going forward we definitely need a proper director of football. Khan senior please take note.
Does SK have any idea how his son is viewed?
Who has his ear?
On paper we have 4 new signings but realistically we 1from last year. We have lost JMS, Fabio and Nico Williams they have been replaced by JP, AP and Manor and Mbaba so a net one addition. We will end up the same as last time we were in the Prem several loan players who don’t cut it in their own teams and will not do 5he job for us. DO WE NOT LEARN ANYTHING FROM OUR HISTORY?
I always hope that these sound comments will be picked up by the Club and taken on board. Doesn’t seem to be happening though.
Sadly we have TK in charge of player recruitment a job he knows nothing about and never will, anyone with a little bit of sense knows we needed 2 decent centre backs for the premiership this season, and what has he done about it? Please resign TK and stick to your stupid wrestling as you have learned nothing about football.?
Couldn’t agree more with the sentiments above. Even in his prime Ream was never good enough for the premier league. Painfully obvious in may that we were two centre backs and a goalkeeper short at this level, but there is some hope for Tosin. As said above, will we never learn? Also as said above, TK has no idea and refuses to learn. Please resign!
For me the only choice for captain is Harrison Reed. Will you let Marco know or shall I?
Get rid of Tony Khan and Mackintosh or we will lose Marco Silva and if that happens we are going know where those 2 are useless.
I’m afraid Vestergaard is not much of an upgrade on Tim Ream but why am I not surprised, we are only going one way and it’s not up,thanks for nothing TK and AM.
He’s a good player. A lot different from Andersen, but good with his feet. Often used in the national squad. A shit load of experience. How the hell did we end up less than one week from a Liverpool game without a squad in place??! It’s ridicoulous. This time we even won the Championship and got at headstart planning for the EPL. At this pace we’ll be competitive in two months.