Willian is set to put pen to paper on a new contract with Fulham after snubbing a big-money offer to join Nottingham Forest, according to the Daily Mail.
The Brazilian veteran’s Craven Cottage future has been in doubt since he rejected a new deal last month but after head coach Marco Silva made clear that he wanted the winger in his squad, the Whites offered improved terms. The Mail reports that the decisive breakthrough in talks with the London club came this weekend with 34 year-old delighted to remain in London, where his family were settled, after a fantastic first season back in the Premier League.
The former Chelsea and Arsenal veteran scored five goals and added six assists in thirty appearances for Fulham after cancelling his Corinthians contract to return to England in September. He became a crucial part of Silva’s side, who finished tenth on their return to the top flight and reached the FA Cup quarter finals, and Willian’s decision to extend his stay in SW6 will be a significant boost for the Whites after a summer of serious uncertainty.
Final formalities over the precise nature of Willian’s new contract after due to be confirmed today.
If this is true it will be a very good signing.
He was one of our top perfomers last season so why Fulham took so long to resign him God only knows a no brainier to all fulham fans.
Now let’s get on with bringing some more quality players in.
This will be great news for once if it materialises. He is a great player
Excellent news. Hopefully this is the start of a number of quality signings and also the determination to keep all our best players.
If it’s True it’s Great News Top Player maybe Mitro should be looking at it his loyalty now
Quite hard to imagine what goes on behind the scenes in these negotiations.
Pretty sure that all fans felt the same that he is a fantastic player and would have been a major loss. Club must have seen that too.
Hopefully, it goes through smoothly now and we can start to bring in some new faces as well.
Now get Marco to sign a new long contract and we have to keep Mitro and bring in some new quality players.
Apparently it was Marco Silva who persuaded Willian to sign a new contract baring any last minute hitches so let’s back our Mansger with some new signings as our squad is painfully thin. Let’s stop penny pinching.