Fulham are still keen on signing Southampton skipper James Ward-Prowse but are waiting for the south coast club to drop their asking price, according to a Daily Mail report this afternoon.
The England international is apparently interested in a potential move to Craven Cottage – having played with Harrison Reed at St. Mary’s and been nurtured into first-team football by Huw Jennings and Steve Wigley before the pair joined Fulham’s academy set-up. But, in common with a number of other suitors willing to offer the 28 year-old midfielder, the Whites are not currently prepared to meet the Saints’ current valuation – and are preparing to offer a maximum of £30m.
Ward-Prowse, who has made 409 senior appearances since breaking into the Southampton senior side aged sixteen in 2011, caught Silva’s eye when he curled in a sublime set-piece equaliser at Craven Cottage last December. The ball-playing midfielder has won eleven full caps for his country – scoring two senior England goals – and starred as the Saints reached the League Cup final in 2017.
I don’t think Southampton will drop their asking price as he is a bargain at that price and if they do lower their asking price other bigger clubs will come calling and winning his signature. For once Khan let Silva offer the money and get Ward Prowse signed asap.
Yeah get the deal done why is it always the same with Tony Khan he still hasn’t learned anything from his past mistakes.
Seems a good price .
pay up and set up
Way overpriced. He’s not a “bargain” at £30million. He just isn’t that good. People rave about his free kicks. Really? He’s scored 17 Premier League free kicks in eight seasons. Two a season, tops. Who cares? Kebano could do that with the game time JWP has had, and offers more besides. The record everyone’s banging one about is Beckham’s, which was set in seven years, within a team who didn’t give him the ball as often as Southampton did for Ward-Prowse. 30mil is madness. We could do so much more in today’s market with that amount. Let this one go.
Plus, who the hell that’s any good, stays at a club outside the top six anymore? If he were that good a prospect he’d be long gone. Yet all the big clubs have raised Southampton for years on end for their best players and consistently left JWP untouched. Take the hint. They can’t all be wrong.
Easy to say “Just pay the price” when it’s not your money