Silva on Reed's injury, deserving more points and Jimenez

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Fri, 22 Nov 2024, 10:07 am·1-min read

Fulham boss Marco Silva has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Wolves (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

He started off with a squad fitness update: "Sasa Lukic and Carlos Vinicius are available to be involved in the squad, or maybe in the 11. It's nice to see both back. They need more time to be back in fitness."
He confirmed that Harrison Reed has picked up an injury: "Yesterday he got a knee injury. After the exams, he's going to need surgery there. It will probably take five or six weeks for him to ready again. It's a meniscus injury."
Silva assessed Fulham's season so far: "We probably deserve even more points than we have. Overall, the way we have been able to rebuild from the players that we lost has been a good challenge for us. We've been performing well and players are settling in well at our club."
On his opponents: "If you look through all of their results in the Premier League it's only the first game that they didn't score in. It's only a matter of time for them to win games. They are quality and have a lot of individual quality in midfield and attack. We have to be at our best level."
On Raul Jimenez, who will be facing one of his former teams: "We are really pleased with his momentum and the way we helped him get back to his best. We trusted him when no-one in the Premier League trusted him. We are the ones that believed in him and it's paying off. We are very proud."