Silva makes Palhinha admission amid speak of January transfer to Bayern
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arco Silva admitted he “cannot control” the place Joao Palhinha’s long-term future lies, amid studies that Bayern Munich will proceed their pursuit of the participant within the January switch window.
Palhinha joined Fulham for £17million final summer time, and has been the membership’s greatest participant by a long way ever since.
He was allowed to fly to Munich on deadline day this month however Fulham maintained they might solely promote him in the event that they discovered a substitute defensive midfielder. They by no means did, and so he flew again regardless of Bayern lodging a £56m bid for him, which might have been Fulham’s all-time document sale if it had been accepted.
Fulham introduced a fortnight in the past that Palhinha had signed a brand new long-term contract on the membership, and Bayern supervisor Thomas Tuchel refused to reply when requested on Wednesday whether or not the Bavarian giants stay within the Portugal worldwide.
“I cannot control the future — and not just about Joao,” Silva admitted on Thursday. “When you receive some big offers, and the size of that club, there will be more noise around. What is going to happen in January or next summer I cannot control. The club has the control. He can keep playing and be a key player for us.”
Silva confirmed Sasa Lukic stays sidelined with a knee damage and can be considered one of a variety of absentees when Fulham go to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The Fulham boss: “Sasa Lukic is going to be still out. Back, we hope, against Norwich [next Wednesday] or Chelsea [on October 2]. Let’s hope he can start to train next week.
“Tosin [Adarabioyo], from last season, had a problem with his groin last season. He had a small surgery and it’s going to be probably six or seven weeks.
“Adama [Traore] has a muscle injury. The player didn’t have a pre-season. Almost all pre-season he was training alone with his personal physio. We had a behind-closed-doors game during the international break here and he felt his hamstring.”
Silva added: “As for the others, they are going to be back. Antonee Robinson is back. He’s training with the team since the beginning of the week and he’s going to be ready.”
New signing Raul Jimenez continues to be but to attain since becoming a member of this summer time from Wolves, and Carlos Vinicius scored Fulham’s winner three minutes after coming off the bench for Jimenez in opposition to Luton on Saturday.
Silva was coy on who would begin up entrance in opposition to Palace “You’ll have to wait until the game,” he mentioned. “We have three players that can play there in Carlos, Raul and Rodrigo Muniz. It’s up for me to decide.
“It’s always important for a striker to have an impact,” Silva added of Vinicius, “but Raul helped the team during the minutes that he played.”