Fulham will check to suspend interest from Andreas Pereira this month, because it is Brazilian foreigners as a key figure in their unlikely push for Europe.
Pereira has 15 of Fulham’s 19 Premier League games this season, helping them at the eighth position at the table at the beginning of the year.
Palmeiras to make the midfielder their main signing before the 2025 Brazilian soccer season.
The side from São Paulo are seeking to strengthen their squad before the new domestic season begins on March 29, having finished second in the league in 2024, behind champions Botafogo.
Palmeiras president Leila Pereira saw Fulham’s Brazilian Pereira as a key target for some time, and the club contacted Pereira’s camp in December.
Fulham executives anticipate Palmeiras being unable to raise the funds needed to prise Pereira away from Craven Cottage, where manager Marco Silva sees him as an important player, usually in the starting XI.
In the summer, Pereira is the subject of interest for Monaco, as well as Fulham’s Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.
The French team Marseille made a concrete offering for the 29 years old, with manager Roberto de Zerbi who held it. A resolution did not materialize.
It remains to be noted if Marseille hosts what others offer for Pereira this month, however, the moment of the Ligue 1 component maintains interest in Pereira and makes signings this month.
On December 1, Pereira deposited the Fulham team absolutely for 1-1 draw in Tottenham.
Southampton position at Lesley Ugochukwu Future
West Ham XI vs Man City: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup
Premier League 2024-25 table: latest standings and results
Why you should try The Wine Flyer for Christmas gifts
Although Silva described it as a “technical” decision, he came here just days after Pereira won the complaint from sections of Fulham’s fanbase and portions of the media after a revealing interview with Brazil’s PL Brasil in which he spoke about his summer move to Marseille breaking down “unfortunately” and said: “Let’s see [what happens] in January now. “
Pereira then published a long statement on social networks in which he insisted that there had been a “malicious deformation” of his words, spoken in Brazilian Portuguese, when they were translated into English.
The same apologized to Fulham. Since then, he has given the impression in five of the Six Fulham League League, only lacks the tie with Southampton due to a suspension after collecting his fifth yellow card of the season.
MORE ABOUT