Reports from Turkey this morning are stating that Galatasaray are interested in signing Fulham's 20 year old attacking midfielder, Chris David.
David joined Fulham last January from FC Twente after a summer move failed due to an injury. His signing was considered a major coup after we beat Ajax to his signature and he'd made an impact at youth level for the Dutch national teams. Martin Jol was delighted with the signing and had this to say at the time "He is 19 years of age, player of the year of all the academies in Holland. He is an exciting talent but he will need at least six months to a year to adapt, but hopefully he will do it quicker. He is a very, very good talent."
After some very promising performances for the U21's last season, he appeared in the 1st team in this years pre season which led many to believe he could become integrated into the 1st team squad. Unfortunately, he hasn't made the step up yet to the senior squad but has also disappeared off the radar for the U21's which has led many to question why.
The report from Turkey continues that Galatasaray hope to sign him in January for a relatively low fee and that discussions with Fulham are ongoing which perhaps explains why he has disappeared from all of Fulham's senior and development squads.
Not " another promising youngster " out the door!
this guy is the real deal i think. would be crap if we let him go.
Lets hope he along with couple of others get a look, at least for the cup game.
Would be disappointed to see him leave. I saw him play in a number of U21 games last season and was very impressed.
Bad news if this is true....
straight swap for snjider or tell them to do one
Quote from: Bobby2012 on December 20, 2013, 10:28:31 PM
Reports from Turkey this morning are stating that Galatasaray are interested in signing Fulham's 20 year old attacking midfielder, Chris David.
David joined Fulham last January from FC Twente after a summer move failed due to an injury. His signing was considered a major coup after we beat Ajax to his signature and he'd made an impact at youth level for the Dutch national teams. Martin Jol was delighted with the signing and had this to say at the time "He is 19 years of age, player of the year of all the academies in Holland. He is an exciting talent but he will need at least six months to a year to adapt, but hopefully he will do it quicker. He is a very, very good talent."
After some very promising performances for the U21's last season, he appeared in the 1st team in this years pre season which led many to believe he could become integrated into the 1st team squad. Unfortunately, he hasn't made the step up yet to the senior squad but has also disappeared off the radar for the U21's which has led many to question why.
The report from Turkey continues that Galatasaray hope to sign him in January for a relatively low fee and that discussions with Fulham are ongoing which perhaps explains why he has disappeared from all of Fulham's senior and development squads.
he played the whole 90 minutes in yesterdays u21 match behind closed doors. As far as I'm aware has never been a nailed on starter for the U 21 starting 11.jol brought him in and bigged him up on occasions byt I saw nothing in him that Minkwitz,Ibrahmavic,Tankovic didn't already bring to the club......... ooops forgot about one of our most promising midielders Chtistenson as well
