Fulham are nearing an agreement with Aston Villa over the signing of central defender Diego Carlos, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The transfer expert has tweeted this morning that there has been a breakthrough in the discussions between the two Premier League clubs. Fulham had an initial offer for the Brazilian centre half rejected on Friday, but Romano now reports that discussions are at advanced stage between the parties. He says that there is still some work to do regarding the structure of the deal – with add-ons set to potentially increase the fee Villa will receive for the 31 year-old – and personal terms between Carlos and the Whites.
Fulham are seeking a second central defensive signing of the summer after Tosin Adarabioyo and Tim Ream, key components of the club’s past two years in the top flight, left on free transfers during the close season. Marco Silva has already signed Jorge Cuenca from Villarreal, but sees Carlos as competition for the Spaniard, Calvin Bassey and Issa Diop. The Cottagers want to complete this deal before their opening game of the new season at Manchester United on Friday night.
Why are we going to spend so much on a 31 year old defender with injury problems high wages and no sell on value?
High Wages and High fee for a 31 year old with no resale value. with injury and discipline issues Villa must be rubbing their hands with joy. Would we not be better at looking at Chalobah or Toure from L’Orient. It seems to me like a panic purchase. Maybe is Marco’s choice then perhaps we must trust his judgement
Of cours it’s Marcos choice and yes we should trust his judgement. We’ve also put a bid in for Anderson who at 28 seems a better choice. Marco does like a Brazilian!!
After watching Diop’s almost lethargic recent performances, I would welcome someone with a bit of fire in his belly to our back four. I also agree with Dipper that this one is Marco’s choice COYW!!!
Personally I would prefer Anderson he knows the club and is younger also he could still live in London. Carlos to me is a big risk but it all depends on prices. Nothing has been mentioned about the transfer fee for Carlos
Did we also sign Jorge Cuenca’s brother, Juan?
As a Villa fan Carlos is highly regarded and solid. He is not injury prone in his career.
Makes no sense if I’m being really honest. He’s 31…
Get real!
Joachim Anderson move is all BS. No way Palace are going to sell both him and Guehl.
Fulham -aka the Khans -offer 50% of what Palace value him at, knowing it will be laughed at.
It’s all a smokescreen so that fans think they are really trying to sign quality.
In reality, they will probably do a loan to buy deal with Villa for Diego Carlos who is, IMO, a good player; definitely a step up from Diop but, nevertheless, means no big bucks need to be spent.
It’s their usual modus operandi.
As for this “trust Marco” BS, as much as I admire his coaching ability, he has been less than stellar in his choice of signings and has been very hit and miss.
As well as the “good” choices, we have had to suffer the “still not sure” options of Diop, Lukic, Pereira etc as well as the ‘definitely not good enough” signings such as Vinicius, Duffy, James, Solomon, Kurzawa, Soares, Mbabu, Broja, Ballo-Toure etc
Though a lot were stop gaps, the central theme, a la the Khans, was “loan to buy”.
Whatever else they are, the Khans don’t spend money unless they have to. They are prime negotiators. Even the addition of Smith Rowe was a masterclass in fiduciary management. According to The Athletic, the money the club has to pay Arsenal is structured over FOUR YEARS and a great percentage of the add ons is dependant on Smith Rowe being recalled by England and the number of International caps he wins as a Fulham player.
So, as much as I would LOVE Joachim Anderson back at Fulham. I’m the one who lauded him as a future Fulham captain (and got abused by others on HammyEnd for daring to say so) BEFORE we signed him on loan, last time, it is VERY unlikely to happen.
I would be more excited to see Diego Carlos sign than Joachim Andersen, It’s not that I don’t like Andersen, it’s that on this current Fulham team I think Diego Carlos would be more suitable. Also must not forget that Diego Carlos won an Europa league and also olympics gold medal. I think that would add so much more depth to the team.
So why does no one mention our own lad Fourerolles (44) who played some games last year notably in the cc against Pool. He must / should get game time this year.