Fulham turn down £16.5m Palmeiras bid for Pereira

01/03/2025 02:07 PM

Fulham have turned down an offer worth £16.5m from Palmeiras for their Brazilian attacking midfielder Andreas Pereira, according to BBC Sport.

The former Manchester United midfielder has been a key player under Marco Silva since he left Old Trafford for the Whites in the summer of 2022. He has been the subject of frenzied transfer speculation since giving an interview expressing an interest in a move away from Craven Cottage in November and Palmeiras are pushing to make him their marquee signing ahead of the new Brazilian domestic season.

But Fulham are not willing to sell Pereira during the January transfer window as Silva sees the Brazilian playmaker, who has started fifteen of the nineteen league games this term, as crucial in the Cottagers’ push for Europe as they sit eighth in the table at the turn of the year. The BBC report also says that Marseille, whose manager Roberto di Zerbi is known to be an admirer of the midfielder, have cooled their interest in Pereira.