After their promotion to the Premier League, Fulham Football Club will be looking to add reinforcements to their squad in the summer. They are close to securing their first signing of the season as they are keen on making Tomas Kalas a permanent feature at Craven Cottage. The Czech Republican centre-back has been at Chelsea since 2010 and was part of the loan army of the London club for the past few years. Last two seasons he spent his time at Craven Cottage where he helped the Cottagers to secure a move to the Premier League.
Along with him, Fulham are also looking to secure the permanent signing of Lucas Piazon who also happens to be from Stamford Bridge and there are reports that the fee will be around £8m for the duo. Kalas has had 8 loan spells where he has represented 5 different teams in his time at Stamford Bridge. However, his situation is not as bad as Matej Delac who spent close to 8 years at the club without any senior team appearances.
The centre-back has made only 4 senior team appearances in his 8-year stint at the club. All of those caps came in the 2013-14 campaign. Maybe that was his lucky year and he should thank his stars for that.
The Cottagers have been a bit kinder to him as he made 36 appearances for them in the Championship and was relatively an important player for Slavisa Jokanovic.
Regarding his stint at Chelsea, he had once gone on record to say,” I am a player for training sessions. If they need a cone, they put me there instead.” It is certainly the right time now for Kalas to look for a permanent move away from the club as he tries to find his place and name in English football.
He is already used to the club’s environment as he has been part of them for the past two seasons and will slot in perfectly at the centre back spot. Fulham will be keen on keeping the core players who helped them secure a move to the top division and signing Kalas will certainly be a step in the right direction.
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Chelsea shouldn’t have any issue in selling the player. The centre-back will certainly add more depth and stability at the back which will be necessary for Fulham to survive and continue their run in the English top flight.
