FULHAM want Scott Parker to lead another promotion charge in the Championship.
And they also are keen on star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic staying to fire them out of the second tier.
The Cottagers were relegated on Monday night following a 2-0 home defeat by Burnley.
Parker, who has been linked to the vacant managerial role at Tottenham recently, still has two years left on his contract at Craven Cottage.
He ducked questions on his own future after the Clarets loss, claiming he will first wait for end-of-season discussions with the club’s hierarchy on ‘what we need to do to improve’.
But SunSport understands Fulham owner Shahid Khan and his son Tony, the club’s director of football, want the former England midfielder to stay and pull off another instant promotion.
Parker, 40, managed to achieve that last season when he galvanised a relegated side and went up via the play-offs.
Serbian ace Mitrovic was a huge part of that, netting 26 goals, but was largely overlooked this season by Parker.
There have been suggestions the former Newcastle forward, 26, would want to leave should Parker stay but Fulham hope that is not the case.
They are preparing to lose all seven of their loanees this season including key men Joachim Andersen, Alphonse Areola and Ademola Lookman.
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But with a number of loanees returning to the club, they feel they have the nucleus of a squad strong enough to come back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
There will be funds for fresh blood – a striker will be a priority if Mitrovic does leave – but wholesale changes are not expected.
While Fulham hope to continue their recent trend of producing talent such as Harvey Elliott and Ryan Sessegnon by giving whizkids such as Fabio Carvalho a chance in the Championship.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
