{"id":628629,"date":"2023-09-02T06:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T10:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=628629"},"modified":"2023-09-02T06:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T10:47:13","slug":"surprise-deal-completed-fulham-ballo-toure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/02\/surprise-deal-completed-fulham-ballo-toure\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Last Minute\u2019: Fulham Complete \u2018Surprise Deal\u2019 for International Defender &#8211; Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The transfer window may have closed at 11 p.m. BST on September 1. But deals were still being completed after this time, with Fabrizio Romano reporting that a &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1697747680070340745?s=61&amp;t=sTox-EQn8gzxUW0CY2UHiA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">surprise deal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0had been done by Fulham for AC Milan defender Fode Ballo-Toure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/fulham&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fode Ballo-Toure Joins Fulham as \u2018Surprise Deal Completed\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Deal Sheet On for Fode Ballo-Toure<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano had reported that Fulham had a &#8220;last minute&#8221; deal sheet in for the loan signing of Toure from Serie A giants AC Milan. Initially, it seemed any deal would include an\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1697742372799459631?s=61&amp;t=sTox-EQn8gzxUW0CY2UHiA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">option to buy,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but Romano has since confirmed there is no such clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watch &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Did these transfers come to fruition?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BIG TRANSFERS! One Player Every Premier League Club NEEDS to Sell!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFgI8YJRqKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Marco Silva Bags 26-Year-Old Left Back<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Toure is a Senegalese left-back, and his surprise signing will see him give competition to Antonee Robinson, giving Silva much-needed strength in depth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/01\/bayern-munich-joao-palhinha-fulham-deal-collapsed\/\" target=\"_self\">Massive Deal Involving Fulham Collapses on Deadline Day<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At Milan, the defender has struggled to gain the left-back berth on a regular basis and will see the Premier League as an ideal opportunity to try a new challenge with the Cottagers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Having made just 26 appearances for the red and black side of Milan. Toure will be keen to prove his worth in a new league and country.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fode Ballo-Toure Swaps Milan for West London<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He was not part of AC Milan\u2019s pre-season tour, seemingly making him surplus to requirements. In the 2022\/23 season, he only managed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/permission-granted-fulham-agree-deal-to-sign-ballo-toure-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">650 minutes in 14 appearances<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/01\/fulham-everton-alex-iwobi-deal-sheet\/\" target=\"_self\">Fulham in More Deal Sheet Drama as Everton Player Makes Late Switch<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The full-back is quick and covers a lot of ground. He will provide energy and width for Fulham, as he often overlaps the wide midfielder, who can drift inside to create the space for Toure to attack.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He still has two years remaining on his current deal and will not be giving up on making the grade in Serie A just yet, with a stint in the Premier League a perfect opportunity to show good form and match fitness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-626113 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Fulham-FC-Raven-Cottage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Craven Cottage stand pictured from outside\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Fulham-FC-Raven-Cottage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Fulham-FC-Raven-Cottage-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Fulham-FC-Raven-Cottage-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Fulham-FC-Raven-Cottage.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo provided to Wikimedia commons by Christian Wood. CC by 4.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transfer window may have closed at 11 p.m. BST on September 1. But deals were still being completed after this time, with Fabrizio Romano reporting that a &#8220;surprise deal&#8221;\u00a0had been done by Fulham for AC Milan defender Fode Ballo-Toure. [metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/fulham&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;] Fode Ballo-Toure Joins Fulham as \u2018Surprise Deal Completed\u2019 Deal Sheet On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2488,"featured_media":626113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1363,2511,28],"tags":[8740,7781],"class_list":["post-628629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-ac-milan","category-fulham","category-transfers","tag-fode-ballo-toure","tag-fulham-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}