What Marco Silva has already said about Fulham and Hull City £3m transfer

Hull City are interested in a transfer move for Fulham striker Jay Stansfield this summer after the talisman impressed in an underwhelming Birmingham City season last term.

The 21-year-old was one of the positives in a dire Blues campaign that saw the Midlands club relegated to League One. Stansfield bagged 12 goals in the second tier for Birmingham City before returning to Fulham at the end of his loan spell.

The striker joined Fulham from Exeter City in 2019 as a youth prospect but has only made eight appearances for the Cottagers' first team. Stansfield is still contracted at the London club until 2027 but it remains to be seen whether he can break into Marco Silva's immediate plans.

Should he not be part of the club's preparations for the Premier League season, he seems unlikely to be short of suitors. According to Hull Live, the Tigers are one of the clubs keen on signing the striker.

The Yorkshire outfit could see Jaden Philogene depart this summer and have already said goodbye to Liam Delap, Anass Zaroury and Noah Ohio following the expiry of loan deals. Aaron Connolly and Billy Sharp have also left, making recruitment up top a priority.

Fulham could look to send the young Stansfield out on loan again but could also be open to brokering a transfer deal - the player is valued at £3 million by football database Transfermarkt.

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Speaking about the Birmingham City loanee, Fulham head coach Silva had already hinted that Stansfield may be part of his plans for the upcoming campaign. He told the Evening Standard: "He’s going to be back with us. Everything we planned, apart from the collective goal of Birmingham which was not what we wanted, was a box [ticked].

"He played the season before in League One [with Exeter City], and to be able to give a step forward in the Championship and be an important piece in the attack-line and score important goals [was pleasing]. Jay achieved all the important things.

"Now is the moment for him to come back and be one of the players in our attacking line for next season."