Marco Silva wants to make at least three signings this month – even though the Fulham head coach is not necessarily a fan of the January transfer window.
The Whites sit just seven points off the Champions’ League spots in seventh place after a remarkable start to their return to the top flight and Silva told his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s SW6 derby that he would only be entering the transfer market for the right type of player.
“We are looking to get some players in to strengthen our squad, but changing lots of things during the January window is not something that I am a really big fan of. It’s just if something went wrong for us, but we do want to strengthen our squad in certain positions. Clearly it is what the teams around us are doing, they are doing it with very high ambitions in my opinion. That doesn’t mean that we have to do it, but there are certain areas where we do need to get stronger. We are pleased with the squad, but we need to perhaps strengthen two or three positions.”
Silva wants a new option at right back to challenge Kenny Tete after Kevin Mbabu’s disappointing start to his Craven Cottage career and is eyeing cover in central midfield for first choice pairing Joao Palhinha and Harrison Reed. Fulham might even be tempted to add to their attacking resources, with Carlos Vinicius set to replace the suspended Aleksandar Mitrovic for the local derby against Chelsea tomorrow night.
RB is a priority, as is proper competition to Mitro. A top quality holding midfielder would complete our squad. Not impossible, especially if we condsider players on their last months of contract.
Agree with artical and Simon. But we must also give selective game time to some of out talented youngsters if we are to keep them from straying from lack of opertunity.