Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha has said it is a "dream" to be linked with Chelsea. The Albania international is out of contract with the Serie A club. Fulham and Chelsea have both been linked with the 27-year-old. Strakosha told the Here We Go podcast: "I'm really honoured to be linked with a top club like Chelsea, it's a dream. "I've been dreaming of the Premier League since I was a ki...Full Story »

FULHAM want to talk veteran Nemanja Matic into staying in the Prem after he leaves Manchester United. The Championship winners are keen to bring the ex-Chelsea midfielder back to London. Fulham want to keep Nemanja Matic in the Premier League after he leaves Man Utd Matic, 33, has played a key role at United lately and is still very capable at the top level. But he is choosing to move on rat...Full Story »

Sunsport revealed that United are willing to pay half or more of Henderson’s £120,000-per-week wages in order to set up a temporary move for next season. Dean Henderson has been stuck behind David de Gea this season but could go on loan next season Credit: EPA And the Cherries are ready to take the initiative ahead of the England goalkeeper’s other suitors. But they will fa...Full Story »

Sheffield United secured a play-off spot after sweeping aside champions Fulham 4-0.Knowing a win would guarantee the extension of their season, the Blades were 3-0 up after 25 minutes following goals from Morgan Gibbs-White, Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge.Enda Stevens rounded off the scoring early in the second half, with Nottingham Forest next up in the play-offs for Paul Heckingbottom’s ...Full Story »

Aleksandar Mitrovic took his Sky Bet Championship goal tally for the season to 43 as Fulham sealed the title in devastating fashion with a 7-0 mauling of Luton at Craven Cottage on Monday evening.Captain Tom Cairney opened the scoring in the 29th minute – the Cottagers’ 100th league goal of the campaign – and Kenny Tete made it two 10 minutes later to ensure the hosts, who seal...Full Story »

Fulham have no fresh injury issues ahead of Monday’s Championship clash with Luton.Marco Silva can select from a position of strength when hosting the hatters at Craven Cottage.Aleksandar Mitrovic drew a blank in Tuesday’s 1-0 home reverse to Nottingham Forest, but needs just two goals to beat Guy Whittingham’s second-tier record of 42 goals in a single campaign.Fulham can wrap...Full Story »

Steve Cooper hailed his Nottingham Forest players for keeping their hopes of automatic promotion alive by denying Fulham a Sky Bet Championship title party.Philip Zinckernagel took advantage of a mix-up in the home defence in the 15th minute to poke home the only goal of a frantic and entertaining match.That moved Forest up to third, three points behind Bournemouth, who came back from 3-0 down a...Full Story »

Philip Zinckernagel’s solitary strike prevented Fulham from clinching the Sky Bet Championship title as well as boosting Nottingham Forest’s chances of going up automatically with them.Marco Silva’s side, who clinched promotion on April 19, had to better the result of second-placed Bournemouth to make sure of finishing top.Instead it was Forest who ended up celebrating a victor...Full Story »

Fulham boss Marco Silva is expected to select from an unchanged squad for the home game against Nottingham Forest.Silva has reported no new injury worries after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Bournemouth put his side’s title celebrations on hold, but is likely to make one or two changes.Antonee Robinson, Jean Michael Seri, Nathaniel Chalobah and Bobby De Cordova-Reid are among those pushing ...Full Story »

Scott Parker claimed Bournemouth may have fallen victim to goal-line technology failure during his side’s top-of-the-table clash with his former club Fulham.Dominic Solanke’s stoppage-time penalty earned the Cherries what could be a crucial point in their quest for automatic promotion from the Championship.But it was Aleksandar Mitrovic’s header to put Fulham into the lead that...Full Story »

Dominic Solanke scored a dramatic stoppage-time penalty to rescue Bournemouth a vital 1-1 draw at home to Fulham and put the already-promoted Cottagers’ Championship title celebrations on hold.Solanke’s last-gasp spot-kick cancelled out Aleksander Mitrovic’s 41st goal of the season to claim what could be a crucial point for the second-placed Cherries’ automatic-promotion ...Full Story »

Bournemouth will be without Junior Stanislas for the rest of the season, including the visit of Fulham on Saturday.The 32-year-old has been dealing with injury problems throughout the campaign, but has been ruled out with a new back issue.Jordan Zemura also remains absent with a hamstring problem.The final squad member unavailable for manager Scott Parker is Keiffer Moore with a foot problem.Ful...Full Story »

Marco Silva hailed a “fantastic journey” after Fulham secured a “deserved” promotion back to the Premier League in emphatic fashion.The Cottagers have been dominant in the Sky Bet Championship this season and sealed their top-flight return with four games remaining following a 3-0 home win over Preston.Aleksandar Mitrovic took his tally for the season to 40 with a brace, ...Full Story »

Fulham secured promotion back to the Premier League in emphatic fashion as Aleksandar Mitrovic took his tally for the season to 40 with a brace in a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston.The Cottagers could have secured their spot on Good Friday but a 2-1 defeat at Derby was the first time they had suffered successive defeats this season.However, they bounced back at Craven Cottage and took the lead ...Full Story »

Fulham boss Marco Silva is expected to choose from a full-strength squad as his side bid to secure promotion to the Premier League with a home win against Preston.Midfielder Tom Cairney returned from a two-game injury absence in Friday night’s Sky Bet Championship defeat at Derby, which put Fulham’s celebrations on hold.Silva reported no new injuries after the match and must decide w...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney helped delay Fulham’s bid to return to the Premier League and then admitted his future with Derby hinges on the proposed takeover of the club by American Chris Kirchner.Derby denied Fulham the three points they required to guarantee promotion with a 2-1 win that kept alive their own distant hopes of staying in the Championship.Earlier in the day, following the unexpected dismi...Full Story »

Fulham’s bid for an immediate return to the Premier League was put on hold again after they suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at relegation-battling Derby.The Cottagers would have sealed promotion with victory and the Sky Bet Championship leaders were on track to do just that when Fabio Carvalho put them ahead in the 20th minute.But the Rams hit back and, inspired by teenager Luke Plange, cla...Full Story »

Max Bird misses Derby’ Sky Bet Championship clash with Fulham because of suspension.Bird was sent off for a dangerous tackle in the 1-0 victory over Preston on April 2 and will be serving the second part of his three-match ban.Colin Kazim-Richards has been ruled out for the rest of the season because of an ankle injury sustained in mid-March.“We have a small chance of avoiding relega...Full Story »

Runaway Championship leaders Fulham’s promotion push was halted as Coventry won 3-1 at Craven Cottage.Victory for the Cottagers would have left them needing one more win to secure an immediate return to the Premier League.But goals from Michael Rose and Viktor Gyokeres put Coventry 2-0 ahead at the break and, despite Fulham substitute Bobby Decordova-Reid pulling one back with eight minute...Full Story »

Fulham will hope to have Neco Williams and Tom Cairney available for the visit of Coventry.Liverpool loanee Williams missed the 1-0 win at Middlesbrough in midweek but could return for the Sky Bet Championship leaders.Cairney suffered a minor injury in training which also saw him miss the win at the Riverside.Antonee Robinson could return for Joe Bryan and Jean Michael Seri is also in contention...Full Story »