Kenny Tete shall be out for no less than eight weeks with an damage that brought on him to limp out of Fulham’s 2-2 draw at Liverpool on December 14, Cottagers supervisor Marco Silva has mentioned.
Former Netherlands worldwide Tete had began 14 of Fulham’s 15 Premier League matches earlier than his second-half collision with Reds defender Joe Gomez at Anfield, leaving Silva to explain his long-term absence as “not excellent news”.
“The affect on his shin in that second was clear for everybody that was watching the sport on TV,” mentioned Silva. “That large knock and deal with had an affect in his knee, and he’s going to be out for a protracted interval.
“He doesn’t want surgical procedure or one thing like that, however he’s going to be out of the classes no less than eight-to-10 weeks. It’ll take longer time for him to be prepared after that – to have the ability to assist us, like he was actually doing.”
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— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) December 20, 2024
Fulham: Tete ‘performing so nicely’
Fulham took the lead twice in opposition to the leaders on their option to a fourth sport unbeaten as a part of a run of 1 defeat in 9 matches that has put them eighth within the desk.
Belgium worldwide Timothy Castagne, whose marketing campaign Silva described as “spectacular” throughout 29 begins in 34 league appearances final season, will exchange Tete.
“It’s a giant blow, little question about it,” Silva mentioned. “[That’s] in no way as a result of Timothy is just not at this stage – Timothy is a extremely good right-back for us, and final season he confirmed that, and he’s [shown it during] his profession.
“[Castagne] got here to our soccer membership [in August 2023] and the primary time he obtained the place, he didn’t give any probability for Kenny Tete final season.
“This season was barely the other, as a result of Timothy Castagne got here [back] just a little bit late [from Euro 2024], and Kenny had an excellent pre-season and is performing so nicely.”
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— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) December 20, 2024
Silva: Castagne ‘has all of the belief’
“It’s going to be a time for Timothy to come back and present his high quality once more. He’s greater than prepared for it and he has all of the belief from ourselves. Greater than that, he has the standard to do it in an excellent manner.
“They’re totally different soccer gamers, however they’re two excellent right-backs, and we’re actually comfy with that scenario. However, in fact, I would favor to have each prepared than only one.”
Fulham are at house on Sunday (2pm GMT) to rock-bottom Southampton, who’re reportedly closing in on appointing former Roma supervisor as Russell Martin’s alternative.
Martin was sacked following Saints’ 5-0 house defeat to Tottenham on Sunday, placing them 9 factors from security after their thirteenth loss from 16 league matches.
