Fulham are in talks with Raheem Sterling over a potential move to Craven Cottage, according to Four Four Two’s Joe Donohue.
The 30 year-old England international is surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge and struggled during a loan spell with Arsenal next season – but any deal is contingent on the Blues taking a huge financial hit. Fulham are eager to supplement Marco Silva’s attacking resources this summer but have so far failed to make any new acquisitions apart from 34 year-old goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte.
While Chelsea would prefer a straight sale of the former Liverpool and Manchester City winger, Fulham are looking for a loan deal – or a cheaper sale later in the window. Sterling would be keen to remain in London and Silva appreciates his versatility and experience, but it remains to be seen whether a deal can be done.
Nothing is going to happen here !! The club is not going to sign anyone until the last week of August !! Period!!
Rather have Nelson and Chukwueze
What’s going on with Fulham we need new players
Hard to believe that SOMETHING is not going on behind the scenes with regards new signings but, once again, the lateness of any deals is really disheartening.
I am assuming that the Nelson deal is ongoing -with only the player’s personal terms, plus the potential inclusion of Zinchenko in a possible double deal, is holding things up.
Re Chukwueze, you would think that Iwobi and Bassey could have a big impact on his decision making BUT, with the African Cup of Nations looming, the thought of losing three players instead of two must be a concern. However, having read his Wiki page, I was astonished at the reasons for NOT signing him. I know that Wikipedia can be easily altered but whoever wrote his should be shot.
Re Sterling, I don’t believe he “struggled” at Arsenal last season. Arteta simply never used him. Why they signed him in the first place, given his massive wages, is a complete mystery but, then, nothing Arteta does surprises me.
But the indisputable fact is that he is an English International with 82 caps and has an approximate goalscoring record for his country of 1 goal every 4 games. Despite his up and down time at Chelsea, he maintained that record of a goal every 4 games. Ditto at Liverpool. At Man City, when he was arguably at his peak, he was scoring a goal every two and a half games.
That puts him in a different class to anybody currently playing for Fulham FC. If his attitude is right, the only thing that we should be concerned about is his ridiculous salary.
It’s true that we have expressed an interest but it is also true that two other Premier League clubs have as well-which means that no deal will be viable for our club until nearer the closure of the summer window when Chelsea may be willing to negotiate a more favourable deal. Currently, they are holding out for as much as they can get. Paradoxically, that means that either of the other two clubs could step in, as in the case of Dewsbury -Hall, and steal him from under our noses.
Unfortunately, we just have to wait until September to find out, by which time we will have played three Premiership games AND a Carabao Cup game and it’s this that is my major concern. We are told that, every season, the aim is to do better than the previous one. Yet, thanks to this existing transfer policy under the Khans, we are faced, in the months ahead, of playing almost a quarter of our allotted games without the manager’s preferred players.
That’s not just a hindrance, it’s bordering on insanity! Given, Marco Silva’s statement, back in December, that plans were already afoot re the summer window, and his interview following the Forest friendly, a few weeks ago, when he alluded to “a lot of work” needing to be done re incoming players, his frustration must be at a greater level than ever because he is working with one hand tied behind his back.
Still, for my sins, I’m an eternal optimist, and I am hoping that, as I first stated, there ARE strings being pulled that we are not aware of and, come Saturday week, we will have a few quality additions taking the field against Brighton.
Don’t want him worst than what we’ve got on current form this is panic buying always missed lot of chances, but did well to get in positions with his energy and work rate so still got plenty of goals. The energy and work rate has sadly left him
It’s not always down to FFC – players wait for better offers from ‘bigger’ clubs and potentially bigger pay checks playing clubs one against another until the final minutes of the window.
Sure.
If Marco can do to Sterling what he did to Willian then it’s a no brainier
We should be aiming to draft in more younger players. Average age of Fulham squad is 29 years old. I get it, they’re often cheaper and have experience, but risking injuries and longer recoveries is one of the unfortunate consequences.
Our transfer business as always, too late in window.
If we can afford him sign him.
I mean… if we can get him properly cheap and Marco can work his magic maybe, i don’t like fancy it though
i don’t fancy it either. even if he comes down on his huge current salary it would still be excessive. Marco must be in utter despair at the lack of activity on any incoming, plus the possibility of Muniz leaving
I’ve got it wrong again. When the club said it was going to take the next step, I assumed it would be forwards
Sterling coming here is a risk.
If he truly cba and just wants to go through the motions and pick up the paycheque, then we’re boned. But it’s not as though he’s done a Winston Bogarde and sat out his contract, and it seems he is looking to play.
He’s 30, it’s a World Cup year and probably his last chance to get into the squad, so I’m hoping that he’ll be hungry enough to put in the effort.
For those complaining about our lack of signings, I said to a mate that transfer time is like a wildlife documentary.
The lions feed on their prey and get the best bits.
Then come the cubs and lionesses, who get the next pick. Then it’s the hyenas, followed by the vultures, and then the crows get to pick it clean. We’re in with vultures at best, the clubs which are top flight but not a massive draw, and which aren’t in Europe.
We have to wait for the larger predators to feed first and see what’s available once they’re done.
Like a wildlife documentary, it’s messy and can be unpleasant, but it’s a fact of life.