FULHAM have signed Leicester City’s Belgian international full-back Timothy Castagne.
Marco Silva will be delighted to have fought off interest from Juventus and Arsenal to bring the experienced right-back to Craven Cottage.
Fulham will pay an initial fee of around £12.5million which will quickly rise to £14million once Castagne has played an agreed number of games this season.
That could rise to £15million if Castagne is a success and holds down a place in Silva’s side.
The attacking right-back has yet to make an appearance for the Foxes under their new boss Enzo Maresca, who has played Ricardo Pereira instead.
However Castagne will add a wealth of experience to Fulham after making more than 100 appearances for Leicester City under Brendan Rodgers, scoring five goals in 112 matches, including one on his debut in 2020.
He was a provider during his time at the King Power too with seven Premier League assists to his name.
Castagne becomes the Fulham’s fourth signings of the summer as they look to improve on last season’s 10th place finish.
They have already welcomed the arrivals of Calvin Bassey, Raul Jimenez and Adama Traore.
They’ve also seen one significant exit with star man Aleksandar Mitrovic leaving the club for Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in a £43million deal.
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Castagne will be hoping he can make an instant impact in West London with the Cottagers facing the tough challenge of a trip to Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend.
But they’ll be buoyed by their performance to get a 2-2 draw away from home against Arsenal on Saturday.
