Back in September, we covered a story in Italy that claimed Fulham were among the interested parties looking at Bordeaux’s François Kamano.
Alongside Newcastle, the Cottagers were said to be impressed by the Guinea international, and this was backed up a month and a bit later when both clubs sent scouts to watch the Ligue 1 side in early November.
Kamano has enjoyed a strong first half to the season, scoring 11 goals in 29 appearances from the wing, and it made sense that clubs like the Magpies and Fulham would be keeping an eye on him.
One man who knows the 22-year-old well is Floyd Ayité, currently contracted at Craven Cottage, who played alongside the Bordeaux star at Bastia between 2014-16 before the club were declared bankrupt and plummeted into the depths of French lower league football.
Speaking to Sud Ouest, the Fulham forward was asked about his former teammate.
He said: “I know Francois Kamano really well. When I saw him start, I knew he’d slowly find his feet in Ligue 1. He’s got huge potential and he hasn’t exploited it fully yet. He’s still very young and is going to develop, and he’ll do even better in the next few years.”
It’s worth pointing out that if the Bordeaux forward were to move to Fulham in January, even if that seems unlikely, he’d be direct competition for Ayité, who has already struggled for game time this season since the arrival of André Schürrle.
Our guess is Kamano will stay until the end of the season before moving, especially following the recent ownership change at the French side, but stranger things have happened in football in the past.
