Fulham returns to the Premier League, as it has become accustomed to in recent years, after only one season in the Championship. The London club have recently become known in English football for their lackluster promotions. But they were relegated to the Championship in their first season.
This has happened over the last 5 seasons, and Fulham’s situation mirrors that of Norwich City. The two teams did not face each other in a direct match during this period, due to the fact that the season in which one team is promoted from the Championship, the other is relegated from the Premier League. And vice versa.
Fulham returns to the Premier League after just one season and undertakes not to relegate from the first season.
But this time around Fulham are shaping up to be tough in the Premier League next season. The way the London side have dominated the league this season under Portuguese manager Marco Silva speaks volumes in this regard.
The Craven Cottage club led the standings from start to finish and mathematically ensured their return to the Premier League with four games remaining. Thanks to their 3-0 win at home to Preston North End, Fulham have 86 points from 42 matches, 13 more than third-placed Huddersfield.
Thus, the second place being directly qualified for the Premier League, Fulham mathematically ensured its promotion four days from the end. This moment was duly celebrated by the fans of the English capital team.
They ‘invaded’ the pitch immediately after the final whistle of the game against Preston North End and celebrated with their favourites. They will be hoping Fulham do better next season than their last Premier League attempts and manage to save themselves from relegation.
Mitrovic’s form and promotion money are Londoners’ arguments
And they have plenty of reasons to be optimistic about it. The team’s play under Marco Silva is extremely solid. Besides, Aleksandr Mitrovic’s form is sensational and the Serbian striker has all the prerequisites to ‘break’ the Premier League nets next season.
He has been Fulham’s main promoter this season. The Serbian national striker has scored no less than 40 goals in his 40 league games so far, which is a record for English football for around 30 years.
In addition, the British press reports that Fulham will have no less than 200 million pounds in their accounts thanks to this promotion. Londoners will therefore be able to call on other valuable players to ensure a good level of performance in the next Premier League season.
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In fact, they have already started their acquisition campaign in force. The Londoners took advantage of the war in Ukraine to transfer Manor Solomon from Shahtior Donetsk for around £7million, according to English press reports.
The 22-year-old Israeli footballer has impressed in Ukraine in recent seasons and also in the UEFA Champions League. He impressed last season in the double that Shahtior played against Real Madrid in the group stages of Europe’s top club competition. The amount paid for him therefore seems like a bargain in today’s transfer market.
In return, Fulham will lose one of their most important players this season. Portuguese youngster Fabio Carvalho, just 19, was previously bought by Liverpool as a free agent and will join Jurgen Klopp’s side at the end of this season. He scored 10 goals and delivered 7 assists during this league season.
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