Fulham set to sign West Ham’s Issa Diop

Fulham managed to bolster their defence not too long ago by securing a season-long mortgage deal for Brighton & Hove Albion defender Shane Duffy.

One other Premier League defender the west London membership look “set to sign” within the phrases of Fabrizio Romano is West Ham United’s Issa Diop in a package deal value £15m after a deal was agreed this morning.

Allowing for how present Fulham centre-back, Tim Ream, is at the moment the oldest participant within the squad on the age of 34 and is ready to see his contract expire subsequent summer season, Diop could possibly be seen as an excellent long-term inheritor for the American.

The Hammers signed the Frenchman again within the 2018 summer season switch window in a deal value a reported price of £22m from Toulouse.

Since then, the 25-year-old has gone on to make 119 appearances for the east London membership throughout all competitions, chipping in with eight targets and three assists alongside the way in which.

With 94 Premier League appearances below his belt, the defender actually has the appropriate expertise to have the ability to are available and be an instantaneous helpful asset for Fulham.

His debut season with West Ham noticed Diop rack up extra blocks (79) and interceptions (80) than every other Hammers participant, in addition to the second-highest variety of clearances (164), which reveals the defensive expertise he has and why he’d be a giant assist for Marco Silva’s facet on the again.

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In actual fact, the previous Toulouse star even wowed Jose Mourinho for considered one of his performances in opposition to Manchester United, which led to the Portuguese supervisor describing him as a “monster” on the pitch.

This highlights how succesful he’s of taking part in within the prime division and why he could possibly be the distinction between Fulham staying up or heading again to the Championship.

Bearing in mind how Ream ended the earlier marketing campaign with extra interceptions (62) and the second-highest common for clearances per sport (3) within the Fulham squad, it will actually take somebody with Diop’s defensive capability to be an acceptable long-term inheritor for the veteran at Craven Cottage.

With the Cottagers now agreeing a deal to signal the participant, everybody related to the London membership ought to be delighted at buying some much-needed high quality on the again.