- EXCLUSIVE from Graeme Bailey
Fulham’s summer could take a severe turn with their manager Marco Silva of potential interest to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad.
The Cottagers have had a fairly underwhelming start to the summer with no new players coming through the doors yet.
Tosin Adarabioyo also departed the club despite multiple attempts to keep him at Craven Cottage with a new improved.
TBR Football understands that Fulham are sweating over the future of manager Marco Silva as he is once again attracting interest from the Saudi Pro League.
Fulham left sweating over future of Marco Silva
Al-Ittihad – who have parted company with Marcelo Gallardo – are looking at options and Silva is somewhere who has attracted interest previously from the Saudi Pro League.
Silva was an option considered by West Ham this summer, but they were put off by the price of his release clause which is understood to be around £10million – something which would not deter interest from Saudi.
Silva has just celebrated three-years at Craven Cottage and TBR understands Fulham are confident he will rebuff any interest from Saudi.
Former AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli and former Porto boss Sergio Conceicao are also understood to be contenders for the role.
Losing Marco Silva would cause Fulham a huge headache
Not a lot of Premier League clubs have found themselves massively busy this summer when it comes to players arriving at their doors.
However, it is now July and focus will be turning on to pre-season preparations with managers looking to instil their philosophy on their players.
If Silva was to leave Fulham this summer, it would not only leave them without any new signings but would also put any plans in place to an end.
A new manager in the dugout would likely bring his own plans for the summer window and also be left with not a huge amount of time to prepare his side for the new campaign.
Fulham may well be confident of Silva batting away interest from Saudi, but the money on offer from the Middle East may prove incredibly difficult to turn away.