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Marco Silva has been speaking to the media today before Saturday's Premier League match against Burnley.

Here are the key lines from the news conference:

• Silva confirmed Raul Jimenez, who was substituted in Fulham's goalless draw with Everton on Tuesday, has a hamstring injury and it is "too early to say how many weeks it will be, but it’s not something that will be quick".

• With Jimenez out for several weeks, Silva was asked about his lack of striker options and said: "Last summer, even with Raul in our squad, we sold a striker for a big amount of money. We were not able to replace him last summer. Until now we've been not able to sign another one. That's the reality. It's not just that Raul is now injured that's important to sign a striker. It was important last summer and it was important from the beginning of the window."

• Offering more detail on transfer frustrations, he added: "When I said that I expect a really quiet window, I was speaking about the feedback that I got from the club, if we had the funds or not to spend. It was something that was not possible from the club. One thing is what we needed, then there's what's possible for us to do. Sometimes those things cannot be together, and it was the case for us. Of course we are looking to reinforce some positions in our attacking line, not just one position. They were the targets for us from when we started to plan the window, till now. Both positions were not possible."

• On transfer deadline day: "Am I looking excited? For me, it’s a session and we’re preparing for the weekend. We are trying behind the scenes to do something but we will see."

• Silva said he is "not going to make any comments on rumours" when asked about interest in Chelsea striker Armando Broja.

• On team news, Silva said Issa Diop, Harry Wilson and Adama Traore will also be unavailable for the game against Vincent Kompany's side.

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Phil McNulty, chief football writer

Fulham are very unlikely to pursue their interest in Armando Broja as Chelsea are demanding a hefty loan fee for the striker they rate in the £50m bracket.

Broja was one of a number of options being explored by manager Marco Silva as he attempts to solve Fulham’s shortage of goals, with Paris St Germain striker Hugo Ekitike another potential target.

Chelsea initially demanded the £50m for a permanent deal, which also proved too rich for Wolverhampton Wanderers, who also held a strong interest in the 22-year-old Albania international.

It is now believed Chelsea were prepared to accept a £5m loan fee, but it is understood Fulham still regard any overall package as too pricey for a deal until the end of the season and will look elsewhere.

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Chelsea’s Armando Broja has been attracting interest from Fulham as manager Marco Silva attempts to solve his side’s goal shortage but time is running out to formulate a package.

Wolves have also been trying to do a deal for the 22-year-old, who Chelsea value at about £50m but are now believed to be willing to accept a £5m loan fee for the rest of this season.

Will this spark even further interest?

Fulham are exploring all their options to strengthen in the attacking areas and Broja seems certain to be part of that wider conversation at Craven Cottage before the transfer window closes.

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• Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal

• Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle

• Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea

• Manchester City 3-1 Burnley

On Wednesday, we asked you what Fulham's ideal final day of business in the January transfer window would look like.

Here is a selection of your responses:

Dan: Would like us to sign Armando Broja but not at the reported £50m asking price. Trevoh Chabolah too. Maybe we can do a joint offer with options, not obligations. The young lads get to play and we get to see if they are worth the price. Maybe 45/50 for both? Also we need a winger. SMekou ara from Southampton could be a good last minute deal?

Keir: My dream deadline day? To buy, loan, beg, borrow or steal a striker that knows where the back of the net is. We haven't spent one cent of the money we got from Aleksandar Mitrovic. If we get into a relegation battle, the club only has itself to blame.

Mike: Definitely do not want Broja from Chelsea, I would love it if we were to recall Jay Stansfield back from Birmingham. He’s a much better choice than Rodrigo Muniz or Carlos Vinicius.

Elliot: Dream deadline day - a striker who can can actually score goals and a new contract for Tosin Adarabioyo.

Gordon: Any signing that shows promise. Lots of rumours floating about but if we get in a striker and a good midfielder I would consider that a great window. What happened with Andre Trindade offer? Are we looking at Broja or can we go full-on Kylian Mbappe?

Whether it turns out to be a day of high drama or a pretty quiet one for your club, you can rarely take your eye off transfer deadline day.

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Fulham are considering a late move for Chelsea striker Armando Broja, 22. (Evening Standard), external

However, the Blues want £50m for the Albania international - a price the Cottagers are reluctant to meet. (Mail), external

Fulham have approached Lyon over a move for French attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki, 20. (Mail), external

Want more transfer stories? Read Thursday's full gossip column

When does the transfer window close?

The transfer window will close at 23:00 GMT on Thursday for the Premier League and English Football League, while in Scotland, the window will shut 30 minutes later at 23:30.

Across Europe, the Bundesliga window will close at 17:00, Serie A at 19:00, Ligue 1 at 22:00 and La Liga at 23:00 - but the Women's Super League transfer window already closed on Wednesday night.

The transfer window for the Saudi Pro League, where a number of high-profile Premier League players moved in the summer, closed on 30 January.

Can a Premier League player signed on deadline day play this weekend?

Under league rules, new signings are eligible for the next Premier League game if the club submit the required documents by midday on the last working day before that match.

Where can I see all the confirmed transfer deals on deadline day?

You can find all the deals completed on transfer deadline day within our dedicated confirmed transfers page.

What is the story so far?

Only 15 players have been signed by Premier League clubs in January, with 10 permanent transfers, five loan deals and disclosed fees of about £50m.

It is a far cry from the past three transfer windows - January 2023 and the summers of 2022 and 2023 - which each set Premier League spending records.

At the same point last year, on the eve of deadline day, there had been 38 transfers worth about £550m - 10 times this year's amount.

How can I follow transfer deadline day on the BBC?

From 07:00 on Thursday, we will have a page dedicated to all the latest transfer news, reaction and analysis. You cannot miss it as it will be the first thing you see on our football website.

Your Premier League club's page will have all the latest transfers for your team in one place.

You will also find regular updates on BBC Radio 5 Live and breaking news across BBC Sport's social media channels, including X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

There will also be a special edition of The Football News Show on BBC iPlayer and the Red Button from 22:00 until 23:30.

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Former Chelsea and Everton winger Pat Nevin, writing for the BBC Football Extra newsletter:

This feels like it has been the quietest Premier League transfer window ever. There is still a day to go and, in the past, huge deals have been done right up to the deadline, but it will not suddenly become a free-for-all this time. The question is: why?

Are all the clubs and their managers deeply satisfied with their well-balanced and over-performing squads? I hardly think so. Have all the coaches suddenly decided that they really want to work more with the youngsters coming through, rather than get a ready-made striker in the morning? Probably not.

Have the big clubs suddenly got sensible and concluded that it is silly spending hundreds of millions of pounds on players, destroying any possible company profits and yet still having no certainty of success at the end of it? This thought might have crossed a few minds.

There is always the possibility that some clubs got the fright of their lives after Everton’s 10-point deduction. Have they finally realised that some of the very complicated and fancy financial and accountancy sleights of hand might not bamboozle the Premier League after all?

Some clubs have spent huge sums and are now quietly trying to sell players to make the books balance.

Does it not smack of just the vaguest possibility of a chance that there might have just been a bit of blustering, self-indulgent financial mismanagement by the owners of some of the top clubs? Surely not - these Masters of the Universe always know what they are doing and understand finance so much better than the rest of us.

I remember listening to a hugely successful banker once braying on to me about how they knew best. I think he was from an organisation called Lehman Brothers.

As deadline day looms, we want to know what your ideal final day of transfer business would look like for Fulham.

Do they need to make any signings? If so, who should they look to bring in? And does anyone need to be offloaded?

Let us know your views here

We asked fans for their thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League fixture between Fulham and Everton.

Here are some of your responses:

Fulham fans

David: How did we not win that one? Plenty of chances but too many wasted, some by good work from Everton. The new injuries are worrying, in addition to losing Harry Wilson last Saturday. Are we going to buy anyone in the transfer window?

Alex: A much better performance from Fulham compared to the Newcastle game. Yet again, in the final third, we just can’t finish. A striker is very much needed for us. Unlucky Fulham.

Oistein: Two points dropped in the first place then, in the end, we could have lost all three points. The 0-0 scoreline was unbelievable. It was more like a 3-3 result. We still need a striker before deadline day.

Zac: An impressive performance by Fulham. We're just lacking a final finish on the goal-line to score those key chances.

Everton fans

John: Going to Fulham and getting a point is really good. Fulham had more possession in the second half but some would've given us that penalty. A great clean sheet away from home and we just need to match all of the hard work with belief and goals. Luton are looking a different side but we’ll be OK.

Paul: A point was probably a fair result but Beto needs to score at the end and snatch the points. We've hit a bit of a slump, but hopefully we will get going again and climb the table. The Premier League have to give us points back. When everyone says it’s unjust, surely common sense will prevail.

Josh: Everton deserve to go down now. Players like Pickford, Branthwaite and Onana should be playing at a higher level. The fact is Sean Dyche has got the defence playing well, but we can't score. We can't stay up with no goals and no money to sign players.

Lester: It’s going to be another difficult season. I suspect most Everton fans didn’t expect Luton and Forest to be above us at this stage. With Spurs and Manchester City on the horizon, we really do need a sympathetic review of the 10-point deduction. I think that will now be crucial to our survival.

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Fulham manager Marco Silva has played down the chances of the club making signings before Thursday's transfer deadline.

Chelsea striker Armando Broja is one of the players they have been linked with in recent days.

"To be honest with you, I am not expecting many things towards the end of the market," said Silva after Tuesday's 0-0 draw against Everton. "If it was possible to do something, we should have done it at the beginning of the window because we had a [Carabao Cup] semi-final to play and the FA Cup [fourth round].

"The board are trying to do their best but if you ask me if we are going to do many things at the end of the market, then no.

"I will not talk about players that are not our players and rumours."

The Daily Telegraph's Jim White has been discussing the hefty £50m price tag which Chelsea have put on Fulham target Armando Broja, on the Transfer Gossip Daily podcast: "It's hard to see how Armando Broja could be worth £50 million. He had a good season at Southampton, although he is pretty injury prone.

"I can see why Fulham would be interested in him. They are really missing Aleksandar Mitrovic and they need a big, strong centre-forward because [Raul] Jimenez is just not scoring for them.

"Marco Silva is a terrific coach too, I think he would get a lot out of him, but £50 million? Come on!

"But you either do two deals in football now - you either sell your academy products or you sell an existing player to a Saudi Pro League team - that's how you get money into modern Premier League clubs."

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Fulham are hoping to secure a late deal to sign 22-year-old Albania striker Armando Broja, although they are yet to get close to Chelsea's £50m valuation. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Liverpool could move for 26-year-old Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo this summer. (Mirror), external

Fulham, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest have been put off a move for former England Under-21s defender Trevoh Chalobah by Chelsea's £25m price tag. (Teamtalk), external

Leicester City are not open to selling 25-year-old midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, with Fulham, Brentford, Brighton and Arsenal all interested. (Football Insider), external

Want more transfer news? Read Wednesday's full gossip column

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Fulham manager Marco Silva, speaking to Match of the Day: "Really intense, chances in both ends but we are the most dominating, more on the front foot, had more shots, more corners than them, unfortunately we didn't score a goal to win.

"The players gave everything. In the second half we completely pushed them back and did not give them anything in the counter attack.

"I have to say the goals are going to come. We cannot keep creating chances and not score. The decision making has to be better and be calm enough to make the right decisions. The decision making is having a big impact when you arrive in so many dangerous situations and we have to do better to score more goals."

On injuries to Raul Jimenez and Issa Diop, Silva said: "Both have come out with issues in their hamstrings and it does not look a good thing. It's normal when you play three games in seven days, really intense ones all of them. These type of things can happen when you're short and can't rotate players between games - the schedule didn't help us."

By Sam Drury, BBC Sport

Fulham will be wondering quite how they did not win this one after dominating the second half.

They will feel a tad hard done by having hit the crossbar, had another effort cleared off the line and then seeing Jordan Pickford produce a brilliant flying save to deny Tosin Adarabioyo in the second half.

However, Marco Silva's side had more than enough chances - and chances to create chances - that it ought not to have mattered.

This was the 10th league game in which Fulham have failed to score this season, more than any other side, and losing Raul Jimenez to what appeared to be a hamstring injury will not help them rectify their goal-scoring troubles.

But with the gap to the relegation zone now down to seven points, they need to show more ruthlessness in front or goal or risk a far nervier end to the season than it should be.

• Marco Silva is now unbeaten in all of his five meetings with former club Everton as Fulham manager across all competitions.. In fact, since taking over Fulham in 2021, the Cottagers have played Everton more times without losing (five) than any other team.

• Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has kept eight clean sheets in the Premier League this season, which is more than any other goalkeeper.

• Fulham have drawn their first home league match of the season and it’s the latest into a Premier League season that they’ve recorded their first home draw of the campaign.

• Despite having eight more away matches to play in the Premier League this season, Everton have already picked up more points on the road this season (17) than they did in each of their last two seasons (2021-22 - 10 points, 2022-23 – 15 points).

Everton dropped into the Premier League relegation zone despite clinging on for a hard-fought goalless draw at Fulham.

Despite the scoreline there was no shortage of goalmouth action at Craven Cottage with both sides hitting the woodwork and having efforts cleared off the line.

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Sammy James, Fulhamish, external

With just a couple of days remaining in the window, I am not too hopeful of any major transfer activity, but Fulham do have a knack for sniffing out last-minute deals.

Like many clubs, Fulham have put it on record that budgets are tight due to profit and sustainability restraints.

The big rumour that has rumbled on for some time is Brazil number six Andre from Fluminense, who we have supposedly tabled a £35m bid for. He would be a perfect Joao Palhinha replacement for when he inevitably leaves this summer. However, not much has developed in the past few weeks.

The area I would most like to see some investment in the short-term is on the wings. Thirty five-year-old Willian is our only real option down the left, and while he continues to defy his years, it is a pretty risky strategy.

We also seem to be linked with Chelsea striker Armando Broja on loan with an option to buy. Chelsea's valuation of him is insane, but if the club can barter the purchase price down, I would be interested in seeing how he fares for half a season.

If Broja does well, then maybe he will be worth the money. If he does not, then no commitment has been made.

Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of guests.

For this week's midweek games - on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - he takes on Chelsea fan Matthew Vaughn, director of new spy film Argylle.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Fulham went out of both cups in the space of four days last week, despite not playing badly in either game. But their goals have dried up of late and that is what has cost them.

It was Everton who were wasteful when these sides met at Goodison Park on the opening day of the season, and Marco Silva's side nicked the points.

This time, Everton are desperate - like Forest really - and Sean Dyche really needs a result, with his side just above the relegation zone.

This is a big game for the Toffees with tough fixtures against Tottenham and Manchester City coming up, but scoring goals is a problem for them too.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin needs to start firing for Everton if they are going to start winning games, but this one smells a lot like a draw to me.

Vaughn's prediction: I love how unpredictable the Premier League is this season, no game seems to turn out the way you expect - which makes doing this a lot harder! 1-0

See the full list of predictions