Marco Silva says Fulham will make a late check on Aleksandar Mitrovic’s fitness tomorrow before deciding whether the number nine will lead the line against Bournemouth tomorrow afternoon.
The Serbian striker missed last week’s defeat at West Ham after limping out of the 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Newcastle United with a foot injury initially sustained when he was on international duty. Silva told today’s pre-match press conference that Mitrovic took part in full training this morning – for the first time in a fortnight.
“He’s getting better. He did the warm up with the team (today), but it was more strategy for the match. It was the first day that he has been involved with the team after two weeks.
Now we’re checking and assessing him. We will do the same later this evening to make a decision if he will be involved in the squad or not. It’s still soon. But let’s see what will happen in the next few hours. It’s a decision that I have to take later. I will meet with the medical staff and technical staff as well and then take the decision.”
The Fulham head coach is confident that Fulham can compete without their talisman – having scored several goals without him and recorded a valuable win at Nottingham Forest without the in-form forward on the scoresheet.
The Whites will be able to welcome back Willian, who has missed the last two matches through injury, but Silva confirmed that both Layvin Kurwaza and Kenny Tete are still sidelined.
