Fulham are likely to be in the market for an attacking signing this summer and one rumoured target is just going from strength to strength this season.
Fulham saw Aleksandar Mitrovic leave the club last summer and some were a little surprised to see Raul Jimenez come in as his replacement.
Jimenez has chipped in with goals this season though, and Fulham have seen Rodrigo Muniz become a goalscoring machine out of absolutely nowhere.
Armando Broja is only on loan from Chelsea though and it’s unlikely that the Albanian will be staying for next season.
That means that Fulham will be assessing potential attacking additions ahead of the summer transfer window.
Boss Marco Silva has already admitted that Fulham’s transfer plans are mostly in place but could change depending on the budget available in the end.
Fulham may even look into the Championship for reinforcements and one recent rumour is now looking very interesting…
Sammie Szmodics on fire
Reports in March suggested that Fulham have been scouting Blackburn Rovers attacker Sammie Szmodics ahead of the summer transfer window.
Szmodics can play as a striker or as a number 10 and that kind of versatility may well appeal to Fulham and Silva.
The Republic of Ireland international is on fire this season and added two more goals to his tally in the 5-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday.
Szmodics even added an assist too, setting up Andrew Moran to score from close range to make it 5-1.
That is now 29 goals and four assists in 42 games this season with Szmodics having the season of his life.
Fulham appear to be watching closely and Szmodics is receiving huge praise off the back of another outstanding display.
Ally McCoist on Fulham target Szmodics
Pundit Ally McCoist has been speaking about Szmodics on TalkSPORT with both he and Jeff Stelling blown away by his numbers this season.
McCoist admitted that he is ‘loving’ Szmodics this season and felt that he actually should have scored a hat-trick having scuffed the ball towards Moran for the fifth goal.
The Scot was blown away by Szmodics and his ability to break into the box, praising the timing of his runs into the penalty area.
“Sammie Szmodics, let’s have a chat about him. I’m loving him! You just mentioned his goal tally and if I was going to be slightly critical of him this morning, he probably should have been walking away with the match ball,” said McCoist.
“His first two goals were terrific, just timing, late arrival in the box, great finishes, and I thought the one where he came in at the back post for the fifth goal, he probably should have connected better. But what a return, what a return!”
Host Stelling was similarly impressed, branding Szmodics as ‘incredible, absolutely incredible’.
Fulham are unlikely to be the only Premier League team in the mix for Szmodics this summer but Silva and co may well be hoping to win the race to bring the 28-year-old to West London.
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