As Fulham signed off for last season with a record-breaking Premier League points tally, Marco Silva was not in celebratory mood.

Not because his side had just lost to a resurgent Manchester City, but because he was already looking forward to the next target.

Five defeats in the Cottagers' final seven games had frustrated the head coach and put paid to hopes of a first European campaign in over a decade and so the ever-demanding Silva was aiming for more.

He told his players to expect to break that same record again in 2025/26. An aspirational feat at the time, and doubly so after a summer of struggle in the transfer market.

Until Deadline Day, Fulham had only added only back-up goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte to their ranks. Even then, Fulham still felt left behind even after the late sig

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