Joao Palhinha underwent a medical with Bayern Munich this weekend following Portugal’s elimination from Euro 2024 – but has flown back to London to finalise the details of his departure from Fulham.
It was widely reported last week that the 29 year-old defensive midfielder was set to complete his move to the German giants ten moves after a previous deal collapsed on the final day of the summer transfer window. Bayern Munich have apparently agreed a £47.4m deal to sign the former Sporting Lisbon midfielder and German reports have suggested that Palhinha is poised to sign a four-year contract after new Bayern boss Vincent Kompany gave the green light to the deal.
Palhinha, who was part of the Portuguese side that was beaten on penalties by France in the European Championship quarter final on Friday night, has been a key part of the Fulham outfit that has successfully adapted to life in the top flight after Marco Silva guided the Whites back to the Premier League in his first season at Craven Cottage. He topped the Premier League’s tackling charts for two seasons in a row as well as scoring eight goals in 79 appearances for Fulham.
Rodak, Tosin, Palhinha, BDR, Willian and a bunch of others gone…bids for Periera and Robinson in the works…nothing incoming signings wise…
Read the previous article and discover that Chloe feels signing a left winger is now a priority.
Khan’t believe it.
Patience, Douglas. Nothing will happen ’til extremely late August 30rd : )
Douglas is right though, we are in big trouble.
We are notoriously slow at doing deals and we definitely cant afford to be doing the majority of our business after the first game like we have done in the last few years, now more than any with the calibre of players gone.
We need players in before August 1st at the latest, probably 4 at the min.
Nothing surprises me where Tonkey is involved same old crap every year.
Just a note on transfer policy when we sell as opposed to the hapless way we buy.
Olise sold for quite a bit more than Joao whilst Kilman sold for a little less.
Palace and Wolves got the price they asked for and got the deals done quickly.
We got far less than we asked for and it took over a year to conclude…in the end the player had to weigh in.
In my perhaps biased opinion Joao is worth more than either Olise or Kilman.
Last minute .com !! Tony Khan way !@ Ha Ha ha.
Trust the process. Just trust the process, we will be good come end of august