Marco Silva believes that Fulham will have ‘a very quiet’ January transfer window.

The Portuguese head coach told his pre-match press conference ahead of Tuesday night’s trip to West Ham United that he feels his squad is largely strong enough to tackle the remainder of the season.

“It’s going to be very quiet for us. Of course, we have one or two positions that we’d like to strengthen. We have the confidence in our players, we are really pleased with them. If we can add extra quality and someone that can have an impact like we did last summer, we’re going to do it. If not, we keep the same group of players and we go until the end of the season because we have trust in them.”

Silva also insisted he would be prepared to face the Hammers after Graham Potter’s appointment as Julien Lopetegui’s successor last week.

“Of course, we know Graham really well and he knows ourselves well. It’s not going to be the first time for sure. They played a game last Friday. It was a chance for us to analyse and to be honest, what he did and what he planned for his team didn’t surprise us because it’s his team and it’s what he likes to do. It’s about focusing on ourselves, what we can do or not, and knowing the main ideas of West Ham is going to be there.”

The Fulham boss believes his side will head into their latest London derby full of confidence.

“It’s been a great run for us. We should have taken more points because we deserve it the way we have been playing in some of those games, but it’s been really, really good. We showed the resilience, showed the quality, showed that we have been able to be competitive in any stadium in this country against any team and we want to repeat again against West Ham tomorrow. The teams when they play against us, they know what they’re going to face and what type of game they’re going to play. The players, they are confident that they can do a good job and we collectively are a strong side.”