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Premier League club Fulham’s forward, Jay Stansfield has joined EFL Championship side Birmingham City on a permanent deal during the 2024 summer transfer window’s deadline day.

Stansfield played alongside Raul Jiminez in Fulham’s front line for their Carabao Cup second-round game against Birmingham at St. Andrews. The 21-year-old scored the first goal for the match for Marco Silva’s side, contributing to their 0-2 win.

After scoring the goal, Jay Stansfield didn’t celebrate and held his hands up in acknowledgment, maybe signaling he is close to securing a potential permanent move to Birmingham City.

Meanwhile, the Cottagers have also secured a loan move for winger Reiss Nelson from Arsenal on deadline day. Nelson will be with Marco Silva’s side for the entire spell of the 2024-25 season.

The Gunners have sanctioned a temporary exit for winger Reiss Nelson to Fulham on a season-long deal after his proposed move to Ipswich Town collapsed in the eleventh hour of the deadline day.

The 24-year-old winger signed a new contract with the North London giants last summer and is contracted until 2027. Nelson managed to make 24 appearances for Arsenal during the 2024/25 season.

Fulham managed to submit a deal sheet before the 11 pm deadline and his deal was confirmed just a few hours later.

Fulham are pondering a late swoop for Arsenal forward Reiss Nelson who has been heavily linked with an exit throughout this summer transfer window. He is very much on the fringes under Mikel Arteta despite serving as the backup to Bukayo Saka.

The winger has been inconsistent when given the opportunity and has been on the periphery of the manager’s plans in the ongoing season. The homegrown star is reportedly valued at around £20 million and Fulham are considering a late move for the academy graduate.

Fulham manager Marco Silva needs quality acquisitions in the wide attacking areas and a player like Nelson could thrive in his setup at Craven Cottage.

According to a recent report from ‘Sportsview.co.uk‘, citing ‘Daily Mail’, Premier League club Nottingham Forest is eyeing a late bid in order to secure a potential transfer move for league rivals Fulham’s attacking midfielder Andreas Pereira before the window shuts.

Pereira’s current contract at Fulham does darts till June 2026.

The reports of Forest’s interest in the player have come as a huge surprise among the Cottagers’ fan base, and there is a belief among them that it is highly unlikely that the Brazilian would be allowed to leave by Marco Silva and Co. considering the important role that he plays in the manager’s game-plans.

After the departure of Joao Palhinha to Bayern Munich, in the first two games of the season for Fulham – Andreas Pereira has been spotted playing a rather deeper role in the midfield alongside Sasa Lukic, to fill in the void caused by Palhinha’s exit.

As per ‘Evening Standard‘, Premier League club Fulham agreed upon a fee in the region of £17 million with Ligue 1 side Lyon to sign attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki.

It looked like Cherki would be the other player that the Cottagers would be adding to their squad amidst the arrival of Sander Berge and Joachim Anderson from Burnley and Crystal Palace respectively.

However, things hit a bit of a roadblock on Marco Silva’s side pursuit for Rayan Cherki as ‘One Football‘ laid out that the attacking midfielder is ‘not interested’ in a move to Fulham.

So, as it turns out despite Fulham agreeing upon a transfer fee with Lyon, due to the 21-year-old French player’s reluctance a transfer hasn’t materialized yet. It remains to be seen if Cherki does change his mind before the window closes.

Premier League club Fulham has completed the transfer move for defender Joachim Anderson from Crystal Palace on a five-year deal. As per ‘Sky Sports’, the transfer has cost the Cottagers a monetary sum of around £30 million (excluding any potential add-ons).

Anderson has of course played for Fulham before on a loan spell. His arrival back to the London-based club on a permanent basis will provide Marco Silva’s side with defensive solidity and options to progress ahead in the ongoing Premier League season.

Fulham looked a bit lite in the defensive department ever since the departure of Tosin Adarabioyo to Chelsea earlier this window.

Joachim Anderson is expected to be competing with players like Calvin Bassey, and Issa Diop straightaway for a place in the starting line-up.

Manchester United targeting Fulham’s defender Anotnee Robinson and is willing to push for a speed-up to sign the player soon. It is reported that the England-born American footballer is projected to be an equal backup for Luke Shaw who struggled a lot with his fitness.

United is not the only suitors who keep an eye on Robinson. West Ham has also reported to have interest in him but nothing materialised. Fulham might need the sales of Robinson so they have money to spend on Turkiye’s Ferdi Kardioglu. 

Shaw’s fitness has taken more attention of United’s boards as it limited the former Southampton full-back’s performance on the pitch. Robinson is regarded as a perfect profile for the position. 

As reported by ‘Sky Sports‘, Premier League’s Fulham have ‘agreed’ upon a deal with EFL Championship side Burnley to sign midfielder Sander Berge. The transfer fee involved in the agreement is reported to be around £20 million (excluding any potential add-ons).

As per various reports in the English media, Sander Berge is also a top transfer target for Manchester United in this window. With Erik ten Hag looking to find solutions in the midfield, players like Berge and Manuel Ugarte are the ones the club has been severely linked with.

Fulham is also on the look for midfield options in the ongoing window, as the departure of Joa Palhinha to Bayer Munich has left a void in terms of options for Marco Silva in that area of the field.

The Cottagers reportedly were ‘keen’ to snatch a deal for a midfield player before the window shuts. Apparently they are still termed interested in Manchester United’s Scott McTominay as well.

On the other hand, despite Fulham being on the brink of landing Sander Berge, ‘Sky Sports’ has termed that the Red Devils are still keeping an ‘open dialogue’ with the Clarets for the midfielder.

It would be interesting to find out how both these clubs would sort out their midfield propositions as the summer transfer window nears its closure.

According to renowned football Journalist ‘David Ornstein’ from ‘The Athletic’, Fulham has an agreement in place with London-based Premier League rivals Crystal Palace to sign defender Joachim Anderson.

The report signifies that the Eagles have toned down their asking price for Anderson a bit and a deal in the region of about £30 million (including add-ons) is agreed upon between both Fulham and Palace at this point in time.

Both clubs are now reportedly working to get this move over the line by looking into the final aspects of the transfer.

Marco Silva’s Fulham has been extensively linked with a potential transfer for Joachim Anderson in the ongoing summer transfer window. Now, it seems like the Cottagers have finally managed to convince Crystal Palace’s hierarchy for the defender’s signing.

It remains to be seen how Silva slots in Anderson in his plans at the Craven Cottage. Since the departure of Tosin Adarabioyo to Chelsea in the window, Fulham’s defensive options did look quite restricted.

Calvin Bassey and Issa Diop started for Marco Silva’s side against Man United in the back four in their opening game of the 2024-25 Premier League season.

With the solid performances that Joachim Anderson delivered in the last campaign with Crystal Palace, he would certainly push Marco Silva’s instincts for a place in the starting eleven.

As per a recent report from ‘Sky Sports‘, Premier League club Fulham has made an initial bid to EFL Championship side Burnley in order to sign the Clarets’ midfielder Sander Berge.

Berge has been linked with a potential move to Man United recently as certain reports in the English media have termed that, the Red Devils have shortlisted the Burnley man as the one who could slot in that midfield area.

However, Fulham now is reported to have placed a bid of about £20 million to Burnley for acquiring Sander Berge’s services. ‘Sky Sports’ further deemed that the Cottagers have also offered the proposition of add-ons to the Championship club in a potential deal for the midfielder.