{"id":617356,"date":"2026-06-02T17:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/617356\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:13:16","slug":"marco-silva-to-leave-post-as-fulham-boss-amid-benfica-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/617356\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Silva to leave post as Fulham boss amid Benfica talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fulham<\/a> manager Marco Silva has confirmed he will leave the Cottagers after five years in charge, with the 48-year-old close to agreeing a deal to take over at Benfica.<\/a><\/p>\n

Silva’s contract expires at the end of June and uncertainty surrounded his future during the final months of the season. <\/p>\n

The Portuguese had been offered a new three-year deal with the club keen to keep him.<\/p>\n

Silva, who had previously managed Hull City, Watford and Everton<\/a> in England, was appointed in 2021 when Fulham<\/a> were in the Championship.<\/p>\n

He steered the London club to promotion in his first season and has since established them as a Premier League side.<\/p>\n

Victory over Newcastle<\/a> on the final day sealed an 11th-placed finish in this year’s top flight. <\/p>\n

Fulham<\/a> finished 10th, 13th and 11th in his other Premier League seasons in charge.<\/p>\n

“After five years, our journey together comes to an end,” said Silva in an open letter to fans. <\/p>\n

“To our fans – I asked you, from day one, to always be with us. And that’s what you did these past five years. We achieved a lot together.<\/p>\n

“My staff and I always felt your support. It will never be forgotten. Fulham<\/a> will always be in my heart, and sooner or later I will be back at Craven Cottage.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fulham manager Marco Silva has confirmed he will leave the Cottagers after five years in charge, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-617356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}