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We're deep into the close season with two weeks left until Fulham discover who they will face in the coming Championship season, but there's still lots to discuss.

Transfers and pre-season is high on the agenda at the moment, with only one friendly announced so far - the behind-closed-doors game with west London rivals QPR.

However you're feeling about the close season, here's your chance to join the debate with other Fulham fans and ask your questions about the coming season, transfers, or to just have a general rant.

Reporter Ryan O'Donovan will be hosting the webchat between 12pm and 1pm and you can get your questions in from 11am.

Doing so is simple, just use the form below to get your questions in and we'll do our best to answer them.

That's all for today!

Thanks a million for your questions, I think we got through a wide range of topics today!

We’ll be back next week with another webchat to discuss all the goings on over the course of the next seven days, so I’ll see you then.

You can follow me on Twitter and keep up to date with all the news as it happens, or to just have a chat and ask me some more questions, right here: https://twitter.com/R_O_Donovan

Cheers!

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One more for luck

Colin asks: Are Fulham currently looking at any particular defenders other than Kalas

Kalas is their priority - Jokanovic is a huge fan and the Chelsea defender would like to come back to Fulham.

SPAL defender Fernando Vicari is also on the radar and the club have scouted him extensively, so he could well be on the way.

Denis Odoi will probably be leaving the club, so a defender in the full back variety will also probably be on their way to the Cottage this season too.

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Will Fulham win the Championship?

Abdul: “Will Fulham win the Championship this season?”

A good question to end on.

Let me answer it in two parts, firstly, can they win it?

Yes they can, so long as they bring in the right players and keep hold of Jokanovic, regardless of the players he is the key person in mounting a serious title bid next season.

Secondly, will they?

I don’t think they will - their style leave s them open at the back and the stronger teams, ones who will look to tighten up and defend like crazy against them may prove a struggle.

That said, I think they’ll get promoted next season, whether that be automatic or through the dreaded play-offs *shudders*

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Looks like we're feeling nostalgic now

Another anonymous question here: What was your favourite moment from the 2006-07 season?

Without revealing my age, I was only young in 2007 so I wasn’t reporting on Fulham I’m afraid.

My favourite moment of that season, though, was watching Liverpool and AC Milan go at it again in Athens in the Champions League final!

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Good question this about the defence

An anonymous person has asked: “Do you think it’s viable for Joka to sturdy the defence while keeping the same emphasis on attack? Or is it a risk you’ve got to take to play that style?”

This is a very good question, so thank you!

Playing the style Jokanovic plays always means there’s a risk that Fulham will ship goals, it comes hand in hand with the fast, attacking brand of football.

That being said, I think he does need to sure up the defence because some of the goals conceded weren’t as a result of the attacking brand, but because of individual mistakes.

They will happen, of course, but as we saw this season, you don’t win Championships on attack alone so he’ll have to sturdy the defence in some way, shape or form.

That said, his style always means Fulham risk shipping goals, but so long as they score more, it’s not that big of a problem, right?

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Kevin McDonald to leave?

Jez asks: How much should we read into rumours linking Kevin Mcdonald with a move away from the club?

Not much to be honest - the midfielder is happy at the club and is only one year into a three-year deal.

He’s 28-years-old now, so despite his chances of Premier League football slipping away, teams won’t be paying the price associated with taking a player of his importance out of his contract at Fulham.

Rangers offer him a good chance of international football, but he won’t ever play in the Premier League by going there so he’d pick Fulham over that.

He won’t go to Nottingham Forest either, though the links there aren’t a surprise seeing as Mark Warburton was interested in him when he was manager of Brentford.

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Youngsters to look out for?

Jason asks: Which young players should we be keeping an eye out for at Craven Cottage next season?

Good question Jason, especially after the emergence of Ryan Sessegnon this season.

The club have just signed Tammy Abraham’s brother, Timmy, from Charlton so he’ll be one to watch in the coming years.

Of course, Luca Del La Torre is one to watch, especially after his fantastic U20 World Cup campaign while Dennis Aden iran will be looking to make more of a first team impact.

Marlon Fossey is held in high regards so he’ll be one to watch, while Steven Sessegnon will be hoping to make the impact his brother did this year.

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Is this a question about shirts?

Some says: “Chequered shirts or go home”

Can’t see Fulham playing in chequered shirts myself...

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The pre-season question has been asked

Phil asks: When are the club planning on announcing their pre-season friendlies?

What a question, and one we’re all asking at the moment!

So far, the only ones we know of are the U23s playing Wealdstone in July, and the first team facing QPR at Motspur in a behind-closed-doors match.

The club will announce the others shortly and most likely all in one go - they’re probably taking a bit longer because Fulham didn’t know what division they would be in next season, meaning they may have had to rearrange games they had booked in.

As soon as we know, we’ll let you know on GetWestLondon.

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Colin asks: Afternoon Ryan is Jokanovic fully focused on Fulham or has his head been turned by the interest from Crystal Palace?

Afternoon Colin! I’ve had a go at answering about Jokanovic and Palace earlier on, but in answer to your question, from my dealings with Jokanovic he comes across as a very professional and determined character, so I don’t think his head will have been turned whatsoever.

He’s the Fulham manager, and his sole concentration as this moment in time will be on preparing the side for pre-season and then the Championship campaign.

I don’t think he’s the type of person who will allow speculation to get in the way of his job.

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A question from Twitter now

We’ve had a question from Twitter -

Hi Will, so the Sessegnon one is tricky because of his contract situation.

They’ve offered a professional deal to him but he hasn’t signed yet, meaning he’s still technically a youth player at the club, so that will come into any dealings that may be happening with him.

If he rejects that contract and stays until next season, they’ll lose him for next to nothing.

For me personally, if Fulham get anywhere near £12million for him with clauses added on, it will be a good deal - he’s only 17 and is unproven at the top level, so despite his potential clubs won’t pay mega money for him.

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Will Jokanovic be the manager next season?

Joel has asked: Will Slavisa Jokanovic remain as manager following links to Palace and Middlesbrough?

We all saw those links to Palace a few weeks back, and I think when a club has a manager like Jokanovic those links will always come.

However, I think Fulham a good chance of keeping hold of their gaffer this summer - he’s happy after receiving assurances from the board that they back him and he’s ready to give promotion a real good go next season.

In regards to Middlesbrough , I don’t think he’d leave for a club in the same division, let alone one that is based so far up north.

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Where do the club need to strengthen?

Justin asks: What position/s do you think the club will be looking to strengthen during the summer?

Afternoon Justin, I think the most obvious answer is up front.

They were lacking towards the end of last season, despite being joint top scorers and with both Chris Martin and Gohi Cyriac heading back from their loan deals, Fulham lack an out and out striker.

It wouldn’t surprise me if a couple of new striking options come in ahead of next season, but I would also like to see Cauley Woodrow make up the striking options - I think he’s a good player to have and can really kick on from last season’s haul at Burton.

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A question about Cairney and Sessegnon

David Pearce asks:

1. Why is there total absence of news regarding Sessegnon, Cairney etc , new contract extensions and possible new arrivals. All that is on the media is of other clubs interest in our players.
2. When are new fixtures announced?

Okay, so in answer to your first question, there’s been a ton of gossip regarding Sesegnon and Cairney in recent weeks, but there’s been no concrete news because they’ve both been on holiday and are now with Scotland and England youth side.

With contract extensions, Scott Parker is in talks over a new deal, but apart from that most of the players are signed on deals that last through this season and next one, so there is no real need to give them new deals just yet.

When players are as good as Sessegnon and Cairney, the media is always going to talk about where they could go.

And secondly, the fixtures are announced on June 21 and you can find all of them right here on GetWestLondon.

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Our first question is in and we're off!

Guido asks: “Who do you think will be Fulham’s first choice keeper next season?”

Hi Guido, that’s an interesting question. David Button was clearly first choice for most of the season, but Marcus Bettinelli was favoured towards the end.

They both want first team football and it’s clear that Slavisa Jokanovic doesn’t think much separates them in terms of ability, so it will all depend on how they take to his style of football in early pre-season.

It wouldn’t surprise me if we also saw a new goalkeeper in this summer, one that Jokanovic feels can play out from the back in the way he wants.

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15 minutes until we kick off

We’ve got 15 minutes until we kick off our webchat and already have a few questions in - if you want yours answered use the form above and I’ll answer them.

PS - asking questions really makes this thing work, it’ll be a bit awkward if it’s just me sat here without any questions

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Jozabed is wanted back at Celta Vigo by his teammate

Former Liverpool man Iago Aspas has been speaking to Radio Galega about Jozabed returning to Celta Vigo, here’s the jist of what he had to say:

He wants to stay and the rest of his teammates want him to stay because he is an exceptional guy.

“I gave the club my opinion, and that is that I want him to remain.”

Iago Aspas
Iago Aspas (Image: Michael Regan - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)
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New pitch being laid

The new Craven Cottage pitch is being laid ahead of next season - shouldn’t be too long before the first shoots come through

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Meet the man making a Lego Craven Cottage

We spoke to Jules Richards, a Cardiff fan who’s making stadiums out of Lego, yesterday after we saw he’d made a Craven Cottage Lego model.

It was extremely detailed I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want one - you can read his interview here.

Lego Craven Cottage
Lego Craven Cottage
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Welcome to our webchat

Welcome to our first Fulham webchat!

There’s a lot to discuss as we enter the middle of the close season, so get your questions in for me to answer once we start officially at 12pm.

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