Fulham have turned down a second bid from Bayern Munich for midfielder Joao Palhinha.
Various reports claim that the German giants offered £40m – including add-ons – for the 28 year-old defensive midfielder, which remains significantly short of Fulham’s £60m valuation. The former Sporting Lisbon favourite, who has topped the Premier League tackling table in the two seasons he has spent at Craven Cottage, was close to joining Bayern last September only for the deal to collapse on transfer deadline day.
New Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany has apparently made Palhinha his top transfer target this summer but Fulham will not let one of Marco Silva’s key players leave for below their asking price. The Londoners believe they are in a strong position as Palhinha, who enjoys a strong relationship with the man who brought him through the Sporting youth set-up, signed a new four-year contract last autumn.
Bayern need to stop taking the piss and pay up if they really want Palhinha as they are starting to get boring
Tell them 60 million or nothing. No negotiation
Do not pay that much for a 29yr old while giving him a 4 or 5 year contract. Thought Bayern was rebuilding with younger players. Eberl and Company have lost their minds! Walk away Please!
Pay up or bug off !! Get this drama over with, and we can get a replacement!! Must not allow this to drag on until late August !!
I don’t think “schemer” means what you think it means.
Realistically is TK likely to get 60 mill., I think not. Should we accept 40 mill I think not, albeit more respectable looking than the 28.5 mill some were suggesting we might accept a few days ago. Rather he would stay, however, 50 mill would be very attractive and give quite a few buying opportunities. We will wait to see how good a negotiator TK really is.
I think 50M plus add ons is the most that can be got given João,s age. It’s still a very good profit for the club. Then go after André before the start of the new season.
Here we go again…Can we agree that Palhinha is irreplaceable?…the best player on the team?…the idea that once sold we can buy an adequate replacement…who?…and what would he cost?…Fulham will never spend 40,50 or 60 million on a player. Mitrovic will never be replaced, face it.
If Fulham have ambition they will try instead to buy players to enhance how great he is and make him greater…that’s the imponderable here…do we have ambition to get him and Silva a side good enough to challenge for a place in Europe.
Hey people!!!!!
Good mood and good luck to everyone!!!!!
Got to move on. Reliance on one player isn’t always a good strategy, in fact never. In the end, whilst Mitro was missed, it wasn’t complete melt down. Difficult as it might be teams have to continue to evolve to build stronger and better. Not as easy as it sounds I know, but we had to do without Johnny Haynes after years and years of dependency., but we did recover. As I said I’d rather he stayed but if he goes it really will not be the end of the world.
Bayern agreed a fee in January so what has changed. Both clubs should accept that fee. Whatever happens a deal should be agreed by a set date in late July to give us a time to get a replacement. Otherwise he stays with us. Andre and Smith Rowe look to me has how to spend the money