Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling is on a list of Fulham’s summer transfer targets – but the Whites will wait until much later in the summer window to make their move for the England international, according to the Daily Telegraph’s Mike McGrath.
The former Liverpool and Manchester City winger has been told he is surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea looking to sell the 30 year-old this summer. But the Blues value Sterling at around £20m – an asking price that Fulham consider excessive – and Fulham’s preference for a loan with an option to buy is complicated by the fact that the wide man is currently on around £200,000-per-week at their near neighbours.
McGrath claims that Sterling would be very interested in a move to Fulham as he seeks to revive his hopes of making the England World Cup squad next summer, but the Whites would face competition from the likes of Bayer Leverkusen and Napoli. The BBC’s Nizaar Kinsella also links Marco Silva’s side with a loan move for midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who is keen to play more first-team football, but West Ham are also keeping tabs on the former Leicester man’s availability.
Never rated Sterling, doesn’t have an end product. Wouldn’t take him on a free!
He’s been a good player but not since he left Manchester City he looks very poor now, I find it sad how quickly he’s gone downhill. Can’t see how he get in our first team would not be impressed if he was coming for nothing. Reminds me of the 60s when we signed great players that were finished. Terry Dyson and C, Jones both came from Spurs
Not for 20 million and wonder if he would make the effort . Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Ok on the other hand sounds good .. but not at expense of Berge
No way another player that is past his sell by date
He’s done nothing since leaving Man City. Chelsea have got their fingers burnt. Let them keep paying his wages. He wouldn’t be an upgrade on our team. Would definately take Dewsbury-Hall and sell Periera.
I cannot understand why we have one of the best academies in the country and field the oldest team in the Premier League
This is surely a joke!
He is on an annual salary of 16.9 million, a number that has been public knowledge for years. That could buy us one of the young, quality players that, somehow, we are constantly linked with every summer without any positive action taking place.
We were informed, by no less a person than Marco Silva, himself, as far back as December, that the club was already planning on how to improve the squad. Yet, here we are, once again, as we are every pre-season, without a single signing with the Premiership just weeks away from kicking off.
Oh no, I forgot: we have a goalkeeper that nobody has ever heard of about to sign- as a back up. Admittedly, any keeper has to be an upgrade on Benda but jeez…
Hang on, Charles, Tom signed an extension, Josh has committed himself to the club, Kenny isn’t going to Everton etc etc
My bad! I should be grateful and counting my blessings!
Those deals should never have dragged on as they did. In fact, they should have been done and dusted before the last season ended.
There is something intrinsically rotten about the way Fulham FC conducts its business and it is not totally confined to transfers and contracts.
Yet, despite the manager’s frustrations, yet again, he is left preparing his team for a new season, knowing that, almost certainly, three or four positions- maybe even more- still need to be filled by new arrivals who will not have the time required to bed in as needed.
So, leaving aside the fans’ despair (because, let’s face it, we mean next to nothing in the club’s eyes) the manager will, 100%, do his duty and see out his contract for this last year but bugger off elsewhere as soon as it expires; sick to his back teeth of broken promises. And I, for one, would not blame him.
If he really wants England, he should take a severe drop in wages and prove himself.
Echo Charles’s comments entirely Where are the Marquee signings that Marco was promised,that we were promised,we were told some loans were turned into shares where that money?it’s no surprise at all about our transfer dealings every year is the same you could almost put your house on it I was crying out all last season where’s the cover for Leno in case he got injured but luckily he did not I bet Marco wishes now he had taken one of the jobs offered him and who can blame him I just wish that one season for a change we are first bringing in new players to make the squad better Sterling won’t do that,the Palinha idea has died a death he does not want to come back to Fulham because we can’t offer him any more than when he left ie European Football we are hearing all sorts of rumours about Muniz Bassey Berge Wilson but we don’t tell these clubs they are not for sale or are they a certain DoF F must be licking his lips all that money he will make so he can tell his Dad what a good job he is doing I think this is the final straw for Marco lastly the new kit was announced yesterday finally last again to do that we are now expected to buy the new shirts with our hard earned cash that’s our part of the deal so but there won’t be any new names to put on the shirts it’s very good scam