Marco Silva insisted that he remains fully focused on Fulham in the middle of left to a potential switch to London Rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the summer.
Silva is disputed as a possible replacement for Ange Postecoglou, which is confronted with continuous speculation about his future after a bad Premier League campaign.
Fulham is in the table ninth with the possibility to earn European football next season, something that Silva said was his priority for the rest of the term.
“My head is in Fulham. We have no control over everything that happens around us. It makes no part of me,” Silva said.
“With such important games week after week, our total focus is here, and we determine what we can, who prepares the players for the following games.”
However, the Cottagers will be in their upcoming Premier League collision against the relegated Southampton on the back of a defeat for fellow European hopeful, Chelsea.
Two late goals from Tyrique George and Pedro Neto completed the turn for the blues, with Silva frustrated by the late collapse of his team in Craven Cottage.
“They started playing in our half. I really believe that the result is very hard for us, but the second half was not our level and we lost the game,” Silva added.
Another man who is related to a move to Noord -London Next season is Southampton's Tyler Dibbling, who is impressed during his debut season in the Premier League.
The 19-year-old made this campaign of 29 top competitions, scored twice and noted one assist, with his displays attracting the attention of some major clubs.
It is said that Southampton has put a price tag of £ 100 million on Dibling, with Newcastle United and Manchester United also want its services.
“There are a few nicknames around,” Dibling said. “They are all jokes. Nobody takes it seriously. It's just a song. It's all fun.
“” Rambo [Aaron Ramsdale] I think it's great to be honest. I will miss a shot in training, and he just goes '90 million 'or '80 million' while it goes down.
“It's all fun, but I just try to practice every day and to get better. I just go inside to train as well as possible every day and work hard.
“At the end of the day I love Southampton. I have been here since I was eight. It is such a great team and I work to do big things with them.”
Players to watch
Southampton – Mateus Fernandes
In a rare road for Southampton this season, Fernandes was again the striking player for the Saints against West Ham United previous Time -Out.
He ended the game after he created more chances (three), played more fit in the last third (22) and produced more crosses (nine) than all his teammates.
Fulham – Alex Iwobi
Iwobi enjoys his best Premier League season in terms of scored goals (nine) and general targets (14).
Only one of his nine strikes did this term come outside of London, although he will be sure to find the back of the net against a struggling Saints team.
Match -Prepeling: Fulham Win
Fulham has won two of their last three Premier League matches against Southampton (D1), as much as they had in their previous 11 (D5 L4).
But the Cottagers have lost their last three Premier League matches, as much as in their previous 16 on the road (W8 D5). Two of these three defeats came to the south coast (US Brighton and Bournemouth).
In the meantime, Southampton was unbeaten in 21 Home League matches against Fulham between 1937 and 2021 (W15 D6), but lost the last such meeting with 2-0 in May 2023, a result that confirmed their relegation of the Premier League.
Saints has lost 13 Premier League matches this season, including 10 of their last 11 (D1). The only party ever lost 14+ home games in a single campaign in the competition were Sunderland in 2002-03 (14), the Black Cats again in 2005-06 (14), Huddersfield Town in 2018-19 (14) and Watford in 2021-22 (15).
This season they also admitted 78 goals in the Premier League, their most in a competition campaign since 1971-72 (80), and their most ever in a 20-team competition. Indeed, they only kept this term two clean sheets, although one of them was in the reverse match against Fulham.
This season Southampton confronted with more shots (579) and more shots on Target (229) than any other top side. Their average of 17.6 shots and 6.9 shots on the goal that is confronted per match is their highest record (since 2003-04) in a single Premier League campaign.
Opta wins probability
Southampton – 22%
Drawing – 23.4%
Fulham – 54.6%
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