New video from Tony Khan to announce a manager???? No.... just a generic update. Which is a little concerning. The summer window is open and time is ticking. Fulham needs a manager.
Fulham still haven't announced a new manager, although all signs sill point to Arbeloa.
Meanwhile on the player side of the summer window, it looks like Wilson is headed to Leeds: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c892dk5dnz8o
This is a bit of a head scratcher to me. I don't see Leeds accomplishing anything more than Fulham so I guess they are just willing to pay him more. His move isn't a surprise, I just thought he'd move to a team that actually finished above Fulham.
My son lives in China and gave me a long delayed Christmas present last week. He went to a sports memorabilia store in Shanghai and bought three Fulham "baseball" cards. The players on the cards are:
- Adama Traore
- Raul Jimenez
- Harry Wilson
It is like some kind of horror movie curse! All three players for Fulham gone by the time I got the cards! 😆
Fulham have signed Kusi-Asare on a permanent 5-year deal. This is a very odd one to me. Clearly Silva never wanted him and since Fulham doesn't have a new manager yet, who knows if he'll be wanted this time around either. He's got potential but he's not a sure thing, and Muniz is a huge question mark, so that makes it odd that this was done before bringing in a manager. I guess I've complained before about deals being done too late in the window so maybe I should be happy that something happened in June??
https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2026/june/27/kusi-asare-signs-permanently/
Yesterday it was confirmed that Wilson went to Leeds. Although he was no longer under contract the club still put out a very nice retrospective article on Wilson:
https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2026/july/08/harry-wilson-leaves-fulham/
It was interesting to read that no one played more matches under Silva than Wilson. He had his ups and downs over the past few years, but he had a real knack for popping up at the right time in big games. I'm disappointed that he went to Leeds since that feels like a sideways move, but I imagine Fulham and Wilson didn't agree on the value of his future potential, and Wilson at least knew who was managing Leeds. Although Leeds is my least favorite team outside of Chelsea and Brentford, I don't hold any ill will toward Wilson. He gave Fulham a bucket load of great memories and I'll always be thankful for that.
Fulham also released their Top 10 Wilson goals. After watching this I do hope he continues to score against Brentford so we can hear again the answer to "Who put the ball in the Brentford net?":
Hearing that Diop is on his way to Ipswich. Probably a good move for him.
We'll need someone new who will push Andersen for the staring job. Or two new someones if Arbeloa plans to play 3 CBs, unless DeFougerolles is more ready for the Premier League than his experience in Belgium shows.
@daddude7 That makes me sad to hear about Diop. I'd rather keep him than Andersen, but I doubt Fulham could sell Andersen.
And it is official, Diop is off to Ipswich: https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2026/july/22/diop-departs/
I get that this was probably necessary business since he was on the last year of his contract, but it feels weird that he was signed from West Ham for 15 million but he is being sold apparently for 10 million. He is a better player now than when Fulham got him and he is coming off of a terrific World Cup performance so I'm stumped as to how Fulham got less for him. Part of it has to be that he's 29 now, but Fulham would likely have gotten more for him if he'd been given more playing time as Andersen seemed to decline.
It appears that Fulham are finally making a deal! Striker Gonzalo Garcia and midfielder Cesar Palacios and have both apparently been secured from Real Madrid but an official announcement has not been made yet. Garcia is a 22 year old center forward who made regular appearances for Real Madrid last year. Palacios is a 21 year old attacking midfielder who only made a handful of appearances for Real Madrid's first team last season. Both have been coached by Arbeloa on the Real Madrid youth squad.
I'm happy that Fulham has moved forward with some transfers, but like Arbeloa, there are a lot of unknowns here. Lots of potential, very little certainty.