Marco Silva is a number one candidate for the Al-Hilal emptiness with Fulham braced for a proposal from the Saudi membership.
The Portuguese supervisor has been in command of the Cottagers since 2021, guiding them again to the Premier League from the Championship in his first season in cost.
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Underneath Silva, Fulham have challenged for European locations and at the moment sit eleventh within the top-flight.
talkSPORT understands the 47-year-old, who’s contracted to Craven Cottage till 2026, is stalling on a brand new deal.
Silva has been made a non-binding supply to hitch Saudi giants Al Hilal – who’re Asia’s most embellished soccer membership and can compete within the Membership World Cup this summer time.
With a market worth of round £206million, Hilal are Saudi Arabia’s most useful membership and have monetary backing from the nation’s Public Funding Fund.
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Nevertheless, Fulham are but to be approached by Hilal. The Saudi membership even have Simone Inzaghi and Nuno Espirito Santo as choices for the emptiness left by Jorge Jesus.
It’s believed Hilal are ready on a solution from Inzaghi, who final evening led Inter the Champions League ultimate.
Silva is known to be open to the position, having beforehand turned down Saudi affords, with each he and Fulham now ready for Hilal to make the subsequent transfer.
They’re at the moment second within the Saudi Professional League and have signed ex-Premier League stars Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Joao Cancelo and Aleksandar Mitrovic lately.
Silva might be reunited with former Fulham striker Mitrovic, who has scored 42 targets in 46 league matches since becoming a member of the Saudi Professional League in a £50million deal in 2023.
Reacting to the information on talkSPORT’s White and Jordan Present, Fulham legend Danny Murphy mentioned: “I feel he is carried out a completely good job and improved gamers.
“They have not notably gone big within the switch market. He is carried out actually, very well.”
When requested if Silva ought to keep in England and push for a top-four job, Murphy replied: “A tough one. Prime six or seven, possibly, like Tottenham. Perhaps.
“I assume he may have taken Fulham as far as he can go.”
Silva has been linked with the Tottenham job amid questions over the way forward for Ange Postecoglou.
Talking final month, Fulham proprietor Tony Khan mentioned he desires Silva to remain on the membership ‘perpetually’.
“Marco is a big, big asset to Fulham Soccer Membership,” Khan mentioned.
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“He’s such an incredible particular person and he’s so essential to the soccer membership.
“Marco has an excellent relationship with my father and myself, and we actually love Marco and we would like him to remain at Fulham Soccer Membership perpetually.
“He is a big a part of what we have now received going for the long run and the current and he is a superb man.”
Fulham are subsequent in motion once they host Everton within the Premier League on Saturday.
Al Hilal failed of their pursuit of Mohamed Salah after the Liverpool celebrity determined to signal a brand new Liverpool contract earlier this 12 months.
It means they’ve vital funds put aside for a marquee signing this summer time – and talkSPORT understands they’re pushing arduous to land Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes.
