Fulham are on the brink of relegation from the English top flight after their derby defeat at Chelsea at the weekend.

The Cottagers needed to win the game to boost their failing hopes of securing another season in the Premier League but Champions League chasers Chelsea had other ideas thanks to the impressive Kai Havertz. His two goals either side of the interval propelled the Blues to a 2-0 win over Fulham in the West London Derby.

German international Havertz gave the hosts the lead inside ten minutes after he latched on to a wonderful pass from English midfielder Mason Mount. He added a second goal four minutes after the interval off the assist from the much maligned Timo Werner to wrap up the game for Chelsea against the Cottagers.

England are well-known to always scout for the best players to recruit for their national teams for all categories, as long as those players are eligible to represent the Three Lions at any stage. They want to continue that tradition after reports recently making the rounds are all confirming that they are trying to beat Nigeria to Fulham's talented youngster Michael Olakigbe.

Three years ago, Nigeria were very close to acquiring the services of the young star and were close to convincing him to pledge his allegiance to the Super Eagles national team, but according to recent reports, England have stolen the march in the race and are now the more likely candidates who the youngster will be playing for.

Fulham were on course to return to the English Championship at the end of this campaign after one season in the Premier League until they began to record excellent results from their last three outings. The form from those three games has given Fulham the chance at redemption in their quest to survive relegation in the Premier League this season under manager Scott Parker. As at last week, the Cottagers were ten points adrift of safety as the third and final team in the relegation zone. The other two teams in the relegation zone are West Brom and Sheffield United. A run of seven points from the last three games has given Fulham a big chance to stay in the league in what's a remarkable turnaround from last week when they looked dead and buried. At that point, a lot of Premier League football watchers had written Fulham off as one of the three teams to be relegated alongside West Brom and Sheffield United but the relegation picture has changed in the last one week.

West Brom and Fulham locked horns at the Hawthorns and while both teams were in dire need of a win, none of them could secure all three points as they both had to share the spoils and settle for a point apiece. Fulham looked like they were going to seal the win after first taking the lead but after falling into a precarious situation that saw them trail afterwards, they came back to draw the match.
The final score of the game was 2-2 and here is how all the Fulham players fared in the game.

Chelsea midfielder N'GoloKante will sit out the upcoming West London Derby with hosts Fulham through suspension. The Frenchman has five yellow cards in the league this season and he'll miss the Fulham game at the Craven Cottage as a result.

Holders Liverpool could be without eight players for their Premier League trip to London to take on hosts Fulham in a week twelve duel scheduled for Craven Cottage on Sunday evening. The Reds have had to deal with several injury issues this season,but their title challenge has remained firm in the face of the injury problems.

Following their victory against West Bromwich Albion on Monday in their last league match, Fulham aims for back-to-back wins against Westham United. In the match preview, Bobby De Cordova-Reid said he knows of the threats posed by a West Ham United side managed by David Moyes but insists Fulham are going to the London Stadium in great spirits.

According to the reports, Fulham manager Scott Parker might be replaced if the club fails to make it up to Premier League. They have one of the best squads in Championship but they have failed to show this on the championship table. Their forward section,which consists of Aleksandar Mitrovic, Bobby Reid, and Anthony Knockaert, is enough to shower fear into the minds of defence of Championship clubs.

As per the reports of DailyMail,Fulham is expecting Liverpool to give them £10 million for the transfer of Harvey Elliott. The young player has taken from Fulham just aftertwo months he started playing in n July 2019. He made his debut for Fulham at the age of 15 becoming the youngest player to play in EFL Cup. In Premier League, he made his debut on May 2019 coming out as a substitute for Andre Frank Zambo and became the youngest player to play in Premier League.

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic believes compatriot Luka Jovic is experiencing a crisis at Real Madrid. The Serbia international made the big-money move to the Bernabeu from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer but he has since struggled to impress with just two goals from 24 appearances across all competitions.