King given £36m budget:
Fulham boss Max King has been told he has £36m to spend, with an expectations of European qualification this season again. This comes after Fulham finished 5th on the last day of the season by 1 goal difference ahead of Arsenal. King is rumoured to be looking at players such as Mikel Arteta, Joe Hart, James Milner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Darren Bent, Nigel De Jong, Marouane Fellaini and possibly other targets, although players such as Milner and Agbonlahor will be hard to capture, with Villa wanting around £20m for each of them. King was quoted saying - "Our preference is to bring in English players, but they are not cheap by any means. You might get the odd one on the cheap, but teams like Aston Villa have some cracking young English players and want big money for them. We even got quoted £25m for Darren Bent the other day, which is honestly unbelievable that they want that much for a player that got 19 goals last season. If he had got 27 goals like Defoe for example, then it's thinkable, but certainly not for 19, it's ridiculous".