Bad news travels fast, especially when it's about your manager who has turned Fulham round and nearly got them promoted.

Slavisa Jokanovic is indeed a man in demand, and for good reason.

After finishing in 20th in his first half season with the club, he turned Fulham from cannon fodder to one of, if not the most feared side in the division this year as they just missed out on promotion to the Premier League.

Fulham led the way in most categories under Jokanovic, best passing accuracy, joint most goals, most shots and most passes - the latter two by some in fact.

When your manager changes things that quickly, clubs will start to become interested, as Crystal Palace have done in the past couple of days since Sam Allarydyce's departure.

But for me, staying at Fulham would be the best thing for Jokanovic at this moment in time, for a number of reasons.

Firstly, he's so close to achieving his target of getting Fulham back to the Premier Legue.

Good spirits: Slavisa Jokanovic

Yes, so Palace are already a top flight club with some lofty ambitions of their own, but what Jokanovic has here at the Cottage is a project, one he has already invested a lot of time and effort into to get the team where they are today - one that is built to the way he wants them to play.

He has Fulham playing some fantastic football and has been given time by Shahid Khan to do so - Palace may not be so patient in the Premier League.

He has the backing of the board at the Cottage too.

They're extremely happy with the work the Serbian has done transforming Fulham into the machine we see today and want him to continue doing so - they know he is their ticket back in the top flight.

Jokanovic himself is happy to stay so long as the board backs him ahead of next season, so there's not really an issue here.

He's happy in London, he's happy at Fulham and the fans love him - it sounds like a no-brainer to me.

Of course, everyone has ambition and Jokanovic has spoken about that a number of times when asked about Ryan Sessegnon, and one day the Serbian will move on, that's just life.

But now isn't the right time, and Jokanovic can continue to raise his stock at Fulham, which is the best place for him, where he can continue building his brand and style of football that will one day attract a bigger club.

Jokanovic has already done the hardest part at Fulham, he's built the foundations and got a solid core in, now all he needs to do is add the finishing touches to a squad that is ready to have a good go at promotion to the Premier League.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side, and I hope come the first game of the season we still Jokanovic prowling the Fulham technical box, kicking every ball with his players while looking like the next James Bond in the west London sunshine.

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