Marco Silva wants to resolve his future in the next week, with Fulham making a late push to convince him to stay.
Record report that a delay in José Mourinho’s potential return to Real Madrid has given Fulham their chance to convince Silva to stay.
Fulham efforts
The newspaper explains that José Mourinho’s departure is on hold, giving Fulham space to try and convince Marco Silva.
The Premier League side are ‘giving everything’ to convince Silva to stay at Craven Cottage. He wants his next step defined in the next weeks.
According to Record, Fulham have been given space to ‘do everything’ to keep Silva this summer. They want to convince him to stay and have already offered an increased budget for next season.
That’s alongside a four-season renewal offer and increased wages. The hope is that is enough to convince Silva to stay.
The Portuguese manager wants funds to carry out a ‘certain restructuring’ of the Fulham squad, believing it to be necessary. The plan is to meet again following the final game of the season, against Newcastle, to talk these plans over with Fulham’s management.
Benfica impasse
They are taking advantage of Benfica’s inability to push forward, despite reports of them being keen on hiring Marco Silva this summer.
“I haven’t had any direct conversations with Benfica. There’s nothing tangible,” Silva clarified in a press conference previewing the last game of the season.
That is because Benfica president Rui Costa will not proceed without first dealing with José Mourinho’s situation. He is aware of the window but cannot do anything until Mourinho’s future is resolved.
His contract must be expired, the two parties have a 10-day period in which to do this, before he can take ‘firm steps’ towards a replacement: in other words, Marco Silva.
That gives Fulham their opportunity to stake their case and perhaps keep him at Craven Cottage this summer after all.
