Fulham defender Luc de Fougerolles has shared his delight at agreeing a new four-year contract with the club this afternoon.

The nineteen year-old, who is from a family of Fulham fans and joined the club’s youth set-up aged eight, will remain at Craven Cottage until at least 2029 and told the club’s official website that he is targeting a spot in Marco Silva’s starting line-up.

“It’s my local club, I went to loads of games growing up, I know all the staff, all the players. It’s a great club and I love it here, so signing a new contract is amazing, and I can’t wait to have another four years here. My whole family are Fulham fans. They obviously want what’s best for me, but they do want me to play for Fulham! As I do, as well. I was just happy to get it across the line, and hopefully I can start playing some games and make the fans happy.

The goal is playing for Fulham, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a while now, so that was one of the main reasons for signing the contract, and signing that length of contract, to give me the best chance of playing for Fulham at some point. So that’s the plan, to get into the first team and start playing some games. I’m glad that it’s been done, and I’m excited for the season ahead and what it’s going to bring.”

The teenager’s new deal caps off an impressive summer that saw him add to his international experience after impressing in Canada’s friendlies and their run to the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup in the United States.

“It was a great experience. Sadly, it ended at the quarter-finals, but that’s life. There were two friendlies before, which I managed to get minutes in as well, which was good, but playing at the Gold Cup was amazing. Getting a run of games was nice – playing in the 21s there’s maybe one game in a week, so playing a game every three days, playing in front of people, you see the stadiums packed out with Central Americans and Canadian fans – it was amazing.

It was a really tough season for me, at club level especially, because obviously I got that little summer with Canada. It kind of made me realise how lucky I was to be playing – when I went away with Canada in the summer it made me appreciate the opportunities I was given by Jesse Marsch. In those first few games I did well, and then managed to get myself a good five games out there, which was amazing.”