Fulham remain confident of agreeing a new contract with head coach Marco Silva at Craven Cottage, despite reports of interest from London rivals West Ham.
The Portuguese head coach has enjoyed an outstanding first two years with Fulham having returned the Whites to the top flight at the first time of asking, winning the Championship title in style and then making a mockery of the pre-season predictions by leading the Londoners into the top half of the Premier League. Silva has fourteen months left on his existing deal in SW6 and he is currently engaged in discussions with club officials about a proposed new contract.
Fulham’s confidence about retaining Silva’s services is based on the strength of his personal relationship with chairman Shahid Khan and his happiness to continue his progress at Craven Cottage. Any suitors would have to spend £6m to prise the former Hull City, Watford and Everton manager from the Cottagers and Silva is expected to feature on the shortlist of a number of Premier League clubs who will be considering changing their manager this summer.
If Fulham want a repeat of this season next season they obviously need to invest starting with giving the manager the required funds to bring in the required quality of additional players,Keep all the currant players including Paulinhah,Robinson and sign Solomon permanently .Bring in the striker from Coventry and then look forward to next season
We need a couple of full backs as well, and a Duffy replacement.
Lots of work to do it looks like.
John Collins
I think basically yes but more to it!
We have to make sure we keep Silva and offer him a long contract. We still need another top class centre back and a full back or two.