Fulham and Ajax target Luciano Narsingh this week met with both clubs to discuss terms and look around the training grounds and facilities. He's just put out on his official twitter site the following:-

"Guys I do not know where my future lies. Thanks for the responses. Ajax & Fulham are both nice clubs. # # Narsingh Fulham"

He's obviously unsure and this could go either way as he's a former Ajax graduate and will have allegiances with them. On the other hand, Martin Jol's agent Raiola is also Narsinghs agent so this could sway him towards Fulham.

Hopefully he'll make a decision soon on where he'd like to join as his pace and trickery could work very well for Fulham in the Premier League.

On this episode of Cottage Talk, we will be first looking back at the home victory for Fulham against Sunderland last Sunday. Later in the show we will be previewing Sunday's match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

We will be joined during the show by Simon Peach who covers Fulham for the Press Association. Also, there will be an interview that was done yesterday with Eric Nash and Stephen Brandt from Vuvuzela: The World Soccer Show.

I hope you can listen to this episode of Cottage Talk.

Fulham manager Martin Jol has stated that a decision over the future of right back Zdenek Grygera will not be made until the player reaches full fitness - more than likely by mid-July.

Grygera has had an unfortunate time of it at Craven Cottage, impressing with his early season form before succumbing to a serious knee injury in November which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. He suffered ruptured knee ligaments in a tie with Tottenham Hotspur and his resilient displays throughout August, September and October are now but a distant memory.

And, with the Czech's deal set to run out in June, Jol is wary of jumping in to a new contract too quickly and is keen to assess Grygera before anything concrete is put on the table. The opportunity, though, says Jol, is still there to prove his worth to Fulham.

Speaking to the Fulham Chronicle, the Dutch manager said: "I feel we owe it to him to keep him here and get him fit, and then we can make a decision, or he can if he has other offers.

"The main thing for him is to get fit. That won't be until the middle of July and then we can make a decision.

"He did well from the first match, which is very unusual [for a player new to English football]. I was very happy with him.

"He can play left-back, right-back or centre-back, but it's not a minor injury. It isn't easy to come back to full fitness if you're that age."

French media have said that Fulham are interested in hiring former PSG manager Antoine Komboare to join our coaching team. Komboare is a former player at PSG and had a spell at Aberdeen as well. As a coach, he's been at Strasburg, Valenciennes and PSG.

This would be an interesting move as Jol had been linked with his former assistant Chris Hughton when he joined last summer and has had Ray Lewington and Billy McInlay in that role this season. You'd have to think if Komboare did join, it would be as Jol's assistant.

Fulham striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has suggested that his current manager, Martin Jol, shoud apply for the Russian National Team job when it becomes available.

Dick Advocat is set to leave his Russia post after this summer's European Championships and take up a role as PSV Eindhoven manager, leaving a vast gap to fill in the Russian setup. There has been talk among national players that a foreign coach would be a preferred option and Pogrebnyak has put forward the idea of Jol.

Under the Dutchman, Pogrebnyak has drastically improved his standing in football, scoring six goals since signing in January and attracting interest from all over the Premier League in the process. The player himself, formerly of VFB Stuttgart, feels a great proportion of his recent success has been down to his supportive manager and the striker would love to see him appointed as coach of his national side.

"I agree with [Andriy] Arshavin, who is backing a foreign coach," Fulham's target man said. "For example [Luciano] Spalletti, who won the last two Russian championships with Zenit. Basically, I'm not against Spalletti taking over the [national] team, but I want to see our team coach Martin Jol - my coach at Fulham.

"In principle, I understand why Advocaat is going. He wanted to sign a new contract before the European Championships, and the RFU, in turn, wanted to wait until after the tournament."

Further to a report in the Sun today, Dutch paper De Telegraaf confirmed that Heerenveen wingers
Luciano Narsingh and Oussama Assaidi were given a tour of Craven Cottage on Monday. Both wingers will soon be into the last year of their contracts and signed with Martin Jol's agent Mino Raiola earlier this year.

Heerenveen had given permission to allow the players to fly to London and technical Director Johan Hansma said "We have the players Mino Raiola and given space to talk,'' "Narsingh Assaidi and Assaidi should have a good feeling at a club. It makes no sense if we reach an agreement with a club and the players do not want to go. For the transfer to suceed, you have to have 3 interested parties".

It's interesting that we're looking to make moves early and the fact that Heerenveen allowed the players to travel, must mean an agreement in principal is in place. Having Martin Jol's agent involved alludes to the fact we have a strong chance to land these players.

So, who are they?

Luciano Narsingh is a Dutch 21 year old right sided forward or winger who in 34 appearances this season has scored 8 goals and provided 22 assists.

Oussama Assaidi is a 23 year old, left sided attacking midfielder who in 27 appearances has scored 10 goals and provided 7 assists.

These could be exciting additions for Fulham but if they joined it would accelerate the rumours of the departures of Dempsey and/or Dembele.

Below are some YouTube video's of them in action:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mxCMq8gJQI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTe-Z4WEG0

Looking at the fixtures earlier in the season, I’d looked at this game back in October thinking it could be crucial with us at that time, hovering around the relegation zone . Well in a way, it was a big game, it was to ensure we finished in the top 10 for the 3rd time in 4 years. Throw 3 different managers into those 4 years, the change of personnel and playing styles that go with that and it makes you realise how great an achievement that is. We are in fact only 2nd behind Manchester City in the form guide over the last 6 games and out of the last 6 away games, we’ve won 3 which normally equates to a season’s worth of wins for Fulham.

Prior to the game, there had been various rumours about players leaving Fulham in the summer and this meant it could possibly be the last home game for some of our bigger stars, namely Dempsey, Dembele and Murphy. If any were to go, would they deliver a performance to say Au Revoir in style?

The team was a familiar one from recent outings and the only change from the Liverpool game was Diarra coming in for Kakaniklic. With 2 teams sat in the middle of the table with neither relegation problems or European aspirations, you could be forgiven for thinking the game would be played at half pace.

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Clint Dempsey has, by some quite extraordinary distance, played his way through his most prolific campaign in football and has come out of the other end as a player cherished by his club and also desired by many, far more affluent, others. He's displayed, this year, an ability to coax the very best of his talents into the open and parade them for all to see. The American is Fulham's top scorer, with 23 goals to match his number 23 shirt, and 6 Premier League assists, just, simply, to exemplify his rather compelling case.

No surprises, then, when Liverpool chairman, Tom Werner, expressed his admiration for the midfielder in what was a very poorly disguised invitation to ply his trade on Merseyside. "Any team would be lucky to have Clint Dempsey playing on their squad," were his words, and truthful and flattering though they were, they were not appreciated in SW6. However, you get the feeling that Dempsey is too good for Anfield now and that is the measurement of just how far this player has come.

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