{"id":244004,"date":"2026-05-18T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/fulham-determined-to-sign-20m-leicester-city-star-with-top-now-planning-a-sale\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:41:13","slug":"fulham-determined-to-sign-20m-leicester-city-star-with-top-now-planning-a-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/fulham-determined-to-sign-20m-leicester-city-star-with-top-now-planning-a-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham determined to sign \u00a320m Leicester City star with Top now planning a sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/fulham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulham<\/a> are very keen on signing a Leicester City star in the summer, with owner Aiyawatt &#8220;Top&#8221; Srivaddhanaprabha now planning a sale.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cottagers-looking-to-raid-leicester-following-relegation\">\n                        <strong>Cottagers looking to raid Leicester following relegation <\/strong><br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<p>Football finance expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/leicester-city-to-sell-star-players-as-massive-costs-revealed-after-relegation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Borson<\/a> has revealed Leicester will be forced to reshape their squad in the summer, following relegation from the Championship, and a &#8216;reset&#8217; of the entire club is on the cards.<\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-pullquote\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"emaki-custom pullquote\" id=\"custom_block_3\">\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe parachute payment next season is very important from a profit and loss perspective, not so much from a cash perspective because they\u2019ve already had the cash.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>\u201cThey effectively forward-sold the debtor. The big issue that they\u2019ve got is really how they reset the whole club. When you\u2019re in League One, you need to effectively get rid of almost all of the players that you\u2019ve had that have come in from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>\u201cYou need to reset the situation. You need to rebuild with players who are more appropriate to League One. You need to reset your wage bill. You might be okay next season, but if it doesn\u2019t go well, the season after you\u2019re going to be in real trouble, so you need to reset the wage bill.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>It was a disastrous campaign for the Foxes, who have suffered back-to-back relegations, and the Cottagers are now looking to raid their former Premier League rivals for one of their key players, with a deal looking increasingly possible.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fulham-determined-to-sign-quot-special-quot-leicester-forward\">\n                        <strong>Fulham determined to sign &#8220;special&#8221; Leicester forward<\/strong><br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<p>According to a report from Sports Boom, Top knows he will be forced to cash-in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsboom.co.uk\/football\/transfer-news\/exclusive-rb-leipzig-premier-league-clubs-exit-decision-for-abdul-fatawu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Abdul Fatawu<\/a> this summer, and Fulham are determined to get a deal over the line, having identified the forward as a priority target.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fatawu-leicester-sunderland.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Leicester are thought to value the 22-year-old at around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodisonnews.com\/2026\/04\/02\/everton-scouts-eye-abdul-fatawu-in-20m-transfer-hes-already-open-to-a-move\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a320m<\/a>, and they need to sell him this summer, in order to fund a rebuild in League One, as they look to return to the Championship at the first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of potential suitors waiting in the wings, with Aston Villa, AFC Bournemouth, Galatasaray and RB Leipzig also keen on the 27-cap Ghana international, who received major plaudits from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/sunderland-readying-transfer-move-abdul-fatawu-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Lineker<\/a> in the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p>After Leicester defeated Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League, Lineker said: <em>&#8220;The game really changed when Abdul Fatawu came on. As a Leicester fan, my kids follow Leicester as well. Every time we see the teamsheet and he&#8217;s not in it, we go, &#8216;oh no, not again. Why is he not playing? This kid is special.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even though Leicester were ultimately relegated from the second tier, the right-winger had a decent season on a personal level, picking up nine goals and eight assists in 44 Championship matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/fulham-hwang-hee-chan-wolves-ready-sell-transfer-marco-silva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read next: Fulham also looking to raid Wolves for new forward<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"fulham-hwang-hee-chan-wolves-ready-sell-transfer-marco-silva\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/fulham-hwang-hee-chan-wolves-ready-sell-transfer-marco-silva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fulham manager Marco Silva before the match\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fulham-manager-marco-silva-before-the-match.JPG?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fulham-manager-marco-silva-before-the-match.JPG?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/fulham-hwang-hee-chan-wolves-ready-sell-transfer-marco-silva\/\" title=\"Fulham hold talks to sign \u00a370k-a-week star who Wolves are ready to sell, Silva loves him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tFulham hold talks to sign \u00a370k-a-week star who Wolves are ready to sell, Silva loves him<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">The Cottagers are looking to bring in an &#8220;incredible&#8221; player.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/fulham-determined-sign-abdul-fatawu-transfer-news-leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulham are very keen on signing a Leicester City star in the summer, with owner Aiyawatt &#8220;Top&#8221; Srivaddhanaprabha now planning a sale. Cottagers looking to raid Leicester following relegation Football finance expert Stefan Borson has revealed Leicester will be forced to reshape their squad in the summer, following relegation from the Championship, and a &#8216;reset&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}