Andreas Pereira is a guest on Tim Ream’s podcast The American Dream this week. It is well worth a listen for plenty of stories within the camp and from the Brazilian’s incredible career as well as confirmation that the Fulham attacking midfielder is nearing full fitness.

He tells the podcast:

“My ankle feels good to be fair. I feel fit. I’ve been training the past few days with the team already, but it is like Tim said, you know, they are holding us a little bit back to be sure that we get back that we [are] 100 per cent fit. It is now at the point where it is the most annoying. You feel you can be with the team and you want to play, but they hold you back. It is like, you know the racehorses, the gate opens but they say, ‘Stay, stay! You cannot run yet, not yet.”