Fulham are set to table a £7m offer with Torino today for midfielder Sasa Lukic today, according to reports in the Italian press this morning.
The urgency in the Whites’ move to try and sign the Serbian international comes from head coach Marco Silva, who wants to bring in the 26 year-old ‘immediately,’ according to TuttoMercatoWeb. Italian journalist Gianluca di Marzio also reports that ‘an offer from England is arriving’. Silva wants to strengthen his options in central midfield, fearing a problems should injuries or suspensions rob him of the services of Fulham’s regular pairing in Harrison Reed and Joao Palhinha.
Lukic, who came through the Partizan Belgrade youth set-up, has made 161 appearances in seven years at Torino, scoring fourteen goals. He has featured sixteen times in all competitions this season, scoring three times, and has won 35 senior caps for his country, representing Serbia at the recent World Cup alongside Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic. The Varna-born midfielder is versatile: able to operate as a sitting or box-to-box central midfielder or in a more advanced attacking midfield role.
Torino had already made the talented playmaker available for transfer despite his contract with the Serie A club running until the end of next season – so it only remains for Fulham to agree a fee with I Granata.
I hope we can get him he will be a great signing for us
At last there’s some transfer movement from us this lad looks a very good player adds more Steel to the midfield and quite versatile as well looks like we’re going to get Cedric Soares as well pleased about Shane Duffy as well who is a proven Premiership defender and a good man to have as cover but he will keep the other defenders on there toes knowing he’s waiting on the bench
Good move hope in comes off. No doubt Mitro will encourage his fellow countryman to sign for us