The Fulham Chronicle
Player ratings20 Jan 2031
Joel Ndala was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 28. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market20 Jan 2031
Fulham sign Luke Alker for $2.5M
The paperwork is done: Luke Alker joins from Norwich City in a deal worth $2.5M. Now comes the harder part.
Market20 Jan 2031
Logan Cooke asks to leave Fulham
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets20 Jan 2031
Manchester City tell Fulham: Adam Henderson is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad20 Jan 2031
A falling-out at Fulham
Bernd Leno and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad20 Jan 2031
A row about effort at Fulham
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Iwobi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets20 Jan 2031
Fulham try to borrow Dylan Moody
Southampton have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout20 Jan 2031
Luke Harris knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Fulham, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout20 Jan 2031
Mark Butler: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Juan Cruz Martins behind
- Market The Alex Iwobi story refuses to die
- Squad Cezary Miszta has had enough of the noise