‘Should have done it before EFL Cup semi-final and FA Cup’ – Fulham boss on transfer window

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FULHAM lost Raul Jimenez and Issa Diop to injuries in their 0-0 draw against Everton at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night. 

In a game with 46 attempts on goal – 25 for Fulham – neither side managed to find a breakthrough as the Cottagers moved up to twelfth and the Toffees slipped into the relegation zone 

“Both came off with some hamstring issues there,” Fulham boss Marco Silva said. 

“Let’s see how they are going to be in the next hours. They are going to be assessed by the medical department and let’s see how they’re going to be.

“When you have some issues in the hamstring, it’s not a good sign. When you play three games in seven days, such intense games and all that stuff, you have always a risk there.

“In some moments it’s possible for us to rotate, but it’s not been easy to rotate some players, too, and we have this type of risk that we have to take.”

Fulham have been linked with a move for Chelsea’s Armando Broja, 22, before Thursday’s transfer deadline. 

Silva said: “To be honest with you, I am not expecting many things towards the end of the market. If it was possible to do something we should have done it at the beginning of the window because we had a semi-final to play and the FA Cup.

“The board are trying to do their best but if you ask me if we are going to do many things at the end of the market, then no.

“I will not talk about players that are not our players and rumours.”

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