BREAKING: BENNETT'S REPLACEMENT FOUND...

Rafa Soares joining Fulham after deal for Cardiff City's Joe Bennet collapses
By Lucas Sposito
Sunday 20th August 2017


The Portuguese press doesn’t have any doubts: Rafa Soares is indeed moving from Porto to Fulham.


The left-back is expected to have his medical and be announced by the Championship side still this weekend. A Bola insist the player had options other than Fulham, such as staying in the Portuguese league and being loaned to Chaves.

But Soares wasn’t Fulham’s first choice, with A Bola saying they only picked the player after failing to sign Joe Bennett from Cardiff City.

Championship leaders Cardiff were obviously loathe to lose a player to a promotion rival, and kept Bennett under the orders of Neil Warnock.

A Bola claims Porto will make ‘some euros’ by loaning the player, but the newspaper doesn’t seem to know the exact amount paid by Fulham. The London club will also be responsible for the 22-year-old’s full salary during the period.

The only thing the Portuguese papers disagree about is the buying option.

Most of them say Fulham will have the chance to land the player for €15m, yet Jornal de Notícias say the amount is around €20m.

Rafa Soares will have the season to prove he was a good enough second choice for Fulham after Cardiff’s Joe Bennett.

This is all great news BUT look at those figures...

Joe Bennett was apparently Fulham's main target but going (subject to rumour) for between £2m to £5m, yet Rafa Soares is valued at €15m to €20m (£13.75m to £18.3m) so Joe would have been a steal!

Glad he is staying and glad City and Neil Warnock are able to keep on to the players that he wants to!

Happy days!

This is all great news BUT look at those figures...

Joe Bennett was apparently Fulham's main target but going (subject to rumour) for between £2m to £5m, yet Rafa Soares is valued at €15m to €20m (£13.75m to £18.3m) so Joe would have been a steal!

Glad he is staying and glad City and Neil Warnock are able to keep on to the players that want to!

Happy days!

Obviously Chris is buyout clause needs to be re-addressed

This is all great news BUT look at those figures...

Joe Bennett was apparently Fulham's main target but going (subject to rumour) for between £2m to £5m, yet Rafa Soares is valued at €15m to €20m (£13.75m to £18.3m) so Joe would have been a steal!

Glad he is staying and glad City and Neil Warnock are able to keep on to the players that want to!

Happy days!

Obviously Chris is buyout clause needs to be re-addressed

Lee, that was exactly my point...not to mention the big fella up front!

Whisper it quietly but our club is finally starting to sort itself out in a professional manner and it all started with the appointment of the current manager!

The money being put around in football at the moment is crazy and football will implode soon enough. We beat high spending Vills with the crazy money spent on a washed up John Terry, then yesterday beat high spending Wolves. But all you need is a good canny manager AKA Warnock who spends a pittance and look what you got.

The money being put around in football at the moment is crazy and football will implode soon enough. We beat high spending Vills with the crazy money spent on a washed up John Terry, then yesterday beat high spending Wolves. But all you need is a good canny manager AKA Warnock who spends a pittance and look what you got.

Bit like that programme eat well for less Warnock gets same quality but in cheaper products

The money being put around in football at the moment is crazy and football will implode soon enough. We beat high spending Vills with the crazy money spent on a washed up John Terry, then yesterday beat high spending Wolves. But all you need is a good canny manager AKA Warnock who spends a pittance and look what you got.

Bit like that programme eat well for less Warnock gets same quality but in cheaper products

Bang on Chief

Where is the "tweet"

This is all great news BUT look at those figures...

Joe Bennett was apparently Fulham's main target but going (subject to rumour) for between £2m to £5m, yet Rafa Soares is valued at €15m to €20m (£13.75m to £18.3m) so Joe would have been a steal!

Glad he is staying and glad City and Neil Warnock are able to keep on to the players that want to!

Happy days!

Obviously Chris is buyout clause needs to be re-addressed

Lee, that was exactly my point...not to mention the big fella up front!

Whisper it quietly but our club is finally starting to sort itself out in a professional manner and it all started with the appointment of the current manager!

not one to blow my own trumpet, but......oh go on then, first pick was Warnock, amazed the club agreed with plenty of City fans on this