After Chelsea tied up a £17 million deal for one of many league’s rising stars, a participant who is aware of the Stamford Bridge beginner effectively may quickly be becoming a member of him in West London.
TBR understands that Fulham boss Marco Silva is eager so as to add some further firepower to his staff.
And, with January planning already underway, Fulham are trying into a possible deal for Tolu Arokodare. A 6ft 6ins large of a centre-forward, Arokodare has six objectives from ten appearances this season. With Rodrigo Muniz but to essentially hearth this time period and Raul Jimenez now 33, a deal for the absolutely soon-to-be capped Nigerian is smart.
KRC Genk, in the meantime, have already misplaced one in every of their star performers to the lure of English soccer.
Premier League giants Chelsea snapped up younger goalkeeper Mike Penders in a £17 million deal over the summer time.
And whereas that was a switch which took many abruptly – Belgium legend Franky van der Elst known as it a ‘stunning’ and ‘unprecedented’ growth in dialog with Het Nieuwsblad – Arokodare and the remainder of Penders’ Genk teammates have been hardly shocked.
Genk teammates not shocked by Mike Penders Chelsea swap
Sure, Penders agreed to hitch Chelsea for a cool 20 million euros solely a month after making his senior debut in July.
However the 19-year-old shot-stopper, who’s staying at Genk on mortgage till shifting to Stamford Bridge subsequent summer time, had earned himself the admiration of everybody on the Cegeka Enviornment lengthy earlier than he got here to the eye of a wider viewers.
“He is an effective individual, a very good skilled, and he’s very hardworking,” Arokodare tells Tribal Soccer. “We must always count on the perfect from him.
“I need to admit that it’s tough to attain in opposition to him in coaching and we do our greatest to assist each other enhance. We must always count on nothing however the perfect from him.
“And speaking about our response when Chelsea signed him… Nicely, we have been not likely shocked as a result of we all know the qualities he possesses.”
Fulham goal Tolu Arokodare may be a part of Penders in London
Chelsea are retaining very shut tabs on Penders’ performances over in his native Belgium. A primary-team position below Enzo Maresca can’t be dominated out within the close to future both. Not as Chelsea’s first-choice goalkeeper Robert Sanchez proves to be lower than convincing between the sticks at current.
As for Arokodare, already greater than a 3rd of the way in which to matching final season’s purpose tally, he may quickly discover himself sharing a postcode with Penders in West London.
The Fulham goal was requested, in the meantime, if he had ever thought of that he himself may need caught Chelsea’s eye throughout these scouting journeys.
“I by no means actually considered that. I don’t know learn how to reply that,” 23-year-old Arokodare muses. “If Chelsea scouts have been watching [me], I don’t know.
“I simply play my soccer. No matter comes, comes. When it’ is time for me to maneuver, I transfer. Proper now, I’m simply centered on the sport and I’m doing my job.
“I really like scoring objectives.”
TBR understands {that a} striker at the moment on Chelsea’s radar is Igor Jesus.
Enjoying for Botafogo, Igor Jesus has caught the attention of Arsenal, Newcastle United and Brighton too whereas he scored on his Brazil debut this week.
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