From Portugal: What’s really going on with Marco Silva and Fulham

Portuguese newspaper Record have pushed back against recent English claims that Marco Silva is at risk of being sacked. They offered a very different picture of the situation at Fulham. 

According to their report, the club have in fact placed a contract renewal on the table. A three-year extension with a significant salary increase. Fulham want the 48-year-old to continue leading the project.

The piece states that Shahid Khan is personally driving the effort to keep Silva, despite the team sitting 15th in the Premier League. The club remain convinced he is the right coach, and see him as central to their medium-term plans. 

Silva has not yet accepted the offer. But Record explain that he wants guarantees of strong January investment before committing… even after expressing clear frustration with the club’s summer window.

The report also says Silva retains a high market value. He recently turned down an approach from Nottingham Forest and rejected several offers from Saudi Arabia. He wants to stay in the Premier League.

This development appears to contradict the dismissal rumours circulating in England. Indeed, Record directly address those claims to make clear it wildly contradicts what they’ve been told.

This also arrives shortly after the interview given by his assistant, Gonçalo Santos – which we covered recently – in which he highlighted Silva’s long-term influence at Fulham and argued that the team’s progress has come from his stability and vision rather than any lack of direction.

For now, Record insist that negotiations are active, Fulham want him to stay, and any uncertainty around Silva’s future is tied far more to recruitment promises than to pressure over results.