Hangeland the only departure doubt for Fulham

 
27 October 2012

Martin Jol denies Fulham keep selling their best players but admits Brede Hangeland may be an enforced exception.

The Cottagers were hit by two significant departures at the end of the summer transfer window, losing top scorer Clint Dempsey and playmaker Mousa Dembele.

But their exits were sweetened by the arrival of Dimitar Berbatov from Manchester United and also Sascha Riether, Mladen Petric and Hugo Rodallega.

Jol is confident Fulham will be in a position to prevent any further departures, but accepts the future of defender Hangeland hangs in the balance.

"Our culture is that we always like to keep the players we want to keep," he said.

"I don't know where the story that our star players are going is coming from.

"We always want to improve and don't tell anybody else, but I believe that's what we did in the transfer window.

"With Dembele it was different, he left three days before the transfer window closed after promising he'd stay.

"Then he left and I didn't have time to do anything, so that's why we had to go for 35-year-old Giorgos Karagounis, and he's doing well.

"We spoke to Clint 18 months before his contract expired, but he wanted to go to a Champions League club.

"So believe me, there isn't a situation where a lot of my best players would go.

"Berbatov has two years, Petric one year and an option, so that is fine and Rodallega was a free transfer. Riether has an option.

"Brede is the only problem, but we've been talking to him for the last five or six months.

"But we've made him a good offer so if he wants to stay that would be fantastic."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in