Fulham have made a £2m offer for FCV Farul Constanta full back Andrei Borza, according to reports from Romania.
The Premier League side have tracked the teenage prodigy all season and have been impressed by the seventeen year-old left back’s adventurous instincts. Borza scored three goals in 33 league appearances as Farul won their first league title in the club’s history and had attracted interests from scouts all across Europe. The prospect of moving to England and playing in the Premier League appeals to the youngster, who emerged from the Gheorge Hagi academy, and is considered to be one of the brightest prospects Romanian football has produced in recent years.
Fulham would likely slot Borza initially in their category-one academy, with Ziyad Larkeche set to leave at the end of contract tomorrow, but the club’s scouts believe Borza, who only missed out on his senior international debut over the summer due to logistical problems, could soon step up to first-team level. He fits the profile of an attacking full-back preferred by Marco Silva, which could become more relevant as American international Antonee Robinson enters the final year of his contract at Craven Cottage.
The problem is that Tony Khan gets involved in transfers and the man is more of a hinderance than a help. We could find that we fail to secure any number of potentially good players because of his transfer tactics of copying Spurs Levy in expecting every club to be accepting what offer they make and pull out when they don’t accept it. We have failed to secure several quality players because, Khan thinks he knows football, and can duck and dive in buying them without success. We need to recruit some top quality players to strengthen our side for next season. One is replace Ream immediately and Tosin. Buy another forward to help Mitro up front. Keep Palhinha at all costs, also two centre backs and another pair of quality full backs and Ward Prowse in midfield
Replace Ream immediately… ?
Fulham will struggle to sign any players until Marco Silva signs a new cobtract. Why would you if you do not know who the manager is going to be.
Yeah, our transfer dealings at the start of last season were awful weren’t they!
Every season we do the same thing. Get linked with all and sundry players but don’t see any concrete activity to buy them. Watch from the sidelines as they move to other clubs and then scramble for anyone still available far too late. Last season we were lucky to get Palhinha, who had been linked with Wolves, and Willian because he trained with us and impressed enough to be given a contract. He cost us nothing other than his wages and has done more than enough to earn a better contract than the one originally given.
It appears that despite having owned the club for more than 10 years Tony Khan still has no grasp at all about building a decent business model for a club in the upper echelons of English football.
As Terry has said, we are not going to be able to do anything until the players know Marco Silva’s intentions and should we lose him I can only imagine we will struggle to hold onto any of the quality players we do have in the ranks and the Championship will be beckoning us back once again.