The midfielder is a creative force in the Fulham side and is dreaming big at Craven Cottage.
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have been linked with a move for Fulham playmaker Andreas Pereira this summer and the Brazil international has now spoken about the future at Craven Cottage.
The 28-year-old arrived at the Cottagers from Manchester United in 2022 having spent 11 years working his way up through the youth ranks at Old Trafford. Since then, Pereira has become the fulcrum in the Fulham midfield under Marco Silva, with eight goals and 15 assists in 82 appearances.
Advertisement
Hide Ad
Advertisement
Hide Ad
Sign up to our LondonWorld Today newsletter
Sign up
Thank you for signing up!
Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to LondonWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later.
Submitting...
Last month, Brazilian outlet Globo reported that Tottenham Hotspur had joined Chelsea and Aston Villa in weighing up a transfer for the player. Pereira was touted as an alternative signing to Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze for Spurs.
That report even suggested that the midfielder had reached an agreement with Fulham head coach Silva that an exit would be green-lighted. A £35 million fee had been touted with the Blues supposedly readying a bid of that amount.
However, Pereira appears to have committed his future to Fulham in a new interview with the Evening Standard. The player said: “I’m 100 per cent sure Fulham are under-rated. It’s because, in the past, maybe Fulham always went up and down. Now, people are getting used to the different image of Fulham that Marco [Silva] has created. For sure, we are under-rated. If you look at last season, we played good football, beat the big teams and can compete with them. That’s shown how far we’ve come.
“This season, we have to aim a little bit higher. After two years consolidating our place in the Premier League, it looks different at Fulham now. We need to look a little bit like Brighton have done, aim for that.”
Advertisement
Hide Ad
Advertisement
Hide Ad
“You can dream about Europe, we should dream of Europe. With the quality we have in the squad and the manager, we should aim for that — at least. It’s a good thing to start the season thinking about this kind of objective.”
News of Pereira's commitment to Fulham, with two years left on his current contract, will come as a relief to supporters having lost Joao Palhina to German giants Bayern Munich this summer for £47.4 million. Silva's side are expected to announce the signing of Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith-Rowe in the coming days to bolster options with Willian and Bobby De Cordova-Reid having left as free agents.