Fulham news: Jay Stansfield returns to west London but what now?

Stansfield has played eight times for Fulham since signing from Exeter City’s academy in January 2020.

He was loaned back out to his boyhood club in 2022, wore the number nine shirt that his dad Adam wore and played in front of a stand bearing his father’s name.

Including his spell at Birmingham, he has made 84 senior appearances and scored 22 goals.

However, competition for a place in the first team at Fulham is fierce with Marco Silva boasting seven forward options already.

Rodrigo Muniz has 10 goals this season and he is followed by Bobby De Cordova-Reid on seven and Alex Iwobi on six. Willian and Raul Jimenez have also netted five.

Stansfield only signed a new four-year-deal with the club last August but could opt for a move away from Craven Cottage to continue playing first-team football.

Yet at just 21-years-old – and with that contract giving him three more years in west London – it would appear he remains on the club radar as one to watch in the future.

Whether that will be at Craven Cottage next season, or away from it, we will have to wait and see.

What do you reckon, Fulham fans?

Would you like Stansfield to get his opportunity next season? Or is he still too young?

Let us know your thoughts here

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2qvy5dkv5zo

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