Any time your manager beats Manchester United, Brighton and Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur in a matter of weeks, they are bound to attract some considerable interest.
Fulham boss Marco Silva is in that very boat having masterminded some outstanding victories in recent weeks.
Nobody inside Craven Cottage will be entertaining the idea of losing Silva, but we have seen speculation surrounding his future.
West Ham United are rumoured to be interested in Silva as they consider potential replacements for David Moyes at the end of the season.
Fulham certainly won’t want to be forced into finding replacements for Silva, but the boss has a task of his own ahead of pre-season.
Silva has been dealt a huge blow as assistant manager Luis Boa Morte will be leaving the club at the end of the season.
Boa Morte will become the new manager of the Guinea-Bissau, leaving Fulham with a real hole to fill in the coming months.
Intriguingly, Silva’s ideal candidate may have just become available…
Joao Pedro Sousa sacked as Fulham reunion surely appeals
Silva played alongside Angola-born Joao Pedro Sousa at Trofense before forming a long-standing partnership together.
Sousa became Silva’s assistant manager at Estoril 2012 and they spent the next seven years together.
Sousa follow Silva to Sporting, Olympiacos, Hull City, Watford and Everton, working as his assistant with each of those clubs.
2019 saw Sousa fly the nest, so to speak, and become a manager in his own right with Famalicao.
Spells with Boavista and Al-Raed followed before heading back to Famalicao in 2022.
Currently eighth in Portugal’s top flight, Famalicao have now decided to sack Sousa after a run of just one win in the last eight games.
“The SAD of Futebol Clube de Famalicão is grateful for the commitment and professionalism that the coach has always employed at the service of this institution and praises his undeniable contribution to the consolidation of our club in Portuguese football,” their statement read.
Not only has Sousa been axed but a replacement has already been confirmed with Armando Evangelista appointed as his successor.
Sousa now finds himself out of work and the stars may have aligned for a reunion with Silva, becoming available just as Boa Morte’s exit is confirmed.
Sousa may feel that he has already seen it all in the Premier League and doesn’t need to go back to being an assistant after five years away as a manager.
The pull of reuniting with Silva will surely appeal though and the Fulham boss is bound to at least ask the question following Sousa’s sacking.
Such a move would certainly make sense for Silva and Fulham, it’s just down to whether Sousa fancies another run as an assistant manager at this stage in his career.
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