Marco Silva is planning to loan out Luke Harris next month in order to give the young Fulham starlet a further taste of first-team football.
The prodigiously talented playmaker was among the substitutes for Fulham’s thrilling 3-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night but hasn’t featured for the senior side since coming off the bench to replace injured skipper Tom Cairney at Manchester City at the start of September.
Speaking during his press conference at Motspur Park this afternoon, Silva alluded to the fact that the Welsh under-21 international’s season has not panned out as planned. Harris had been set to join League One Exeter on loan at the end of the summer transfer window only for the cancellation of Joao Palhinha’s transfer to Bayern Munich requiring him to remain at Craven Cottage instead.
The Fulham head coach explained that the final piece in the jigsaw will be finding the right destination where the highly-rated Harris can continue his development:
“Last summer it was planned that Luke would go and play senior football and become stronger but unfortunately regarding the situation with Joao it didn’t give us time. If he goes he has to play football he is still a young lad and learning what division is not the most important thing.
It is about what type of football he is going play, what type of manager. A good example is when we let Martial Godo go to Wigan on loan. He is developing and I know the manager there really well, he is a former player of mine, plays good football and I have good connection with him and he wanted to sign Martial. Sometimes you have to be careful where you put the players, you have to see the people in charge and how they prepare themselves to make sure it is the right place for a young player.”
