United Kingdom: Fulham Have Agreed a Deal Worth Up to £30M for Southampton Midfielder Shea Charles, Subject to a Medical

The 22-year-old, who started his career at Manchester City, will move to Craven Cottage on a five-year contract and become the most expensive Northern Irish footballer of all time. Charles also attracted interest from Leeds United but has opted to move to west London to replace Sasa Lukic, who joined Ipswich Town last week. He becomes Fulham's third signing since the appointment of new manager Alvaro Arbeloa, who led Real Madrid on an interim basis during the second half of last season. following Marco Silva's departure to take charge of Benfica—has led Fulham to sign two players from Madrid, striker Gonzalo Garcia and midfielder Cesar Palacios, before the capture of Charles.

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