Fulham have opened discussions with Andreas Pereira and his representatives about extending his contract at Craven Cottage, according to reports from Brazil.
Marco Silva considers the Brazilian international a key member of his first-team squad and wants to keep the 29 year-old midfielder despite continued interest from Palmeiras. Palmeiras, who finished second in Serie A last season, have made Pereira their primary transfer target and have already had a January bid for his services rejected by Fulham.
Their second bid – believed to be worth £20.5m – has also been rebuffed by the Cottagers, who have now taken the first steps in seeking to extend Pereira’s contract. The former Manchester United midfielder is open to extending his current Fulham contract, which expires next summer. Pereira captained Fulham for the first time as Silva’s side beat Watford 4-1 on Thursday to reach the FA Cup fourth round.
Good! Hopefully fans will put their agenda behind them and give every player who pulls on the white shirt their full support. The fans who were booing Pereira at the Cottage have no place at Fulham.
Hope we keep him
John and Cliff, you are both very welcome to your views/ opinions, AS IS EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD. If we think he is not a good player then that is our prerogative to say so. As for booing, not my cup of tea,but he has bought that on shelf.
er not shelf but himself.
You may have a point Zippa. However what I do not get is why a player like Periera, who helped the club progress from yo-yo team to a mid table side gets so much stick for playing so and so, and then other players which i do not have to name here out of respect get away with much worse showings. I honestly believe that Pereira is one of the better players technically in the squad. I for one was expecting much much more from ESR but I am still reserving judgement. Lukic was quite poor in his first season, now I cannot imagine our side without him. Let us support our players, we are not a huge club that can maybe afford to throw players to the side because of some issue. We need all hands on deck, Andreas is surely someone that can help us progress and hopefully reach the promised land of European qualification again.