{"id":287022,"date":"2023-08-29T00:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287022"},"modified":"2023-08-29T00:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:34:01","slug":"fulham-are-set-for-two-new-stars-in-timothy-castagne-and-steven-benda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/fulham-are-set-for-two-new-stars-in-timothy-castagne-and-steven-benda\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham are set for two new stars in Timothy Castagne and Steven Benda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fulham are set for two new arrivals in Timothy Castagne and Steven Benda as Marco Silva is boosted by Championship signings after a mixed start to the season<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fulham are set to announce two new arrivals from Championship clubs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leicester&#8217;s Timothy Castagne and Swansea&#8217;s Steven Benda are nearing moves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fulham are set to land a double transfer swoop as Timothy Castagne and Steven Benda prepare to complete moves from their respective Championship clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester are willing to let Castagne leave for Craven Cottage as Fulham close in on a \u00a313.5million deal for the full-back.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old can play across the back line and has experience playing at both right-back and left-back, as well as as a wing-back on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport revealed on Sunday that the two clubs had advanced their discussions over a move for Castagne and the Premier League side are now set to unveil him as their newest signing after the player underwent a medical on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham manager Marco Silva has been desperately attempting to reinforce his squad following a mixed start to the new Premier League season and views the versatile defender as a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813745-12454995-image-a-35_1693266564435.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Timothy Castagne is set to be unveiled as a new Fulham player as his transfer nears completion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813755-12454995-image-a-38_1693266573989.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Castagne moved to Leicester three years ago after joining in a \u00a322m deal from Atalanta<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian moved to the King Power in a \u00a322m deal from Atalanta three years ago and helped the club win the FA Cup a year later.<\/p>\n<p>However, Castagna was also involved in Leicester&#8217;s relegation to the Championship last season where he made 42 appearances for the Foxes in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fulham are also close to completing the transfer of German goalkeeper Benda from Swansea.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813751-12454995-image-a-39_1693266579526.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fulham manager Marco Silva has been desperate to bring in new defensive reinforcements<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813859-12454995-image-a-40_1693266810088.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Swansea&#8217;s German goalkeeper Steven Benda underwent his medical with Fulham on Monday<\/p>\n<p>The shot-stopper has been at the Welsh side since joining from the\u00a0TSV 1860 Munchen youth set-up in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Loan spells at Swindon Town and Peterborough followed before he began to get more opportunities in the Swansea first-team.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite being currently side-lined with a serious ACL injury that ended last season prematurely for him, Benda is set to join Fulham on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old also went through a medical on Monday ahead of his move being confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12454995\/Fulham-set-two-new-arrivals-Timothy-Castagne-Steven-Benda-Marco-Silva-boosted-Championship-signings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fulham are set for two new arrivals in Timothy Castagne and Steven Benda as Marco Silva is boosted by Championship signings after a mixed start <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/fulham-are-set-for-two-new-stars-in-timothy-castagne-and-steven-benda\/\" title=\"Fulham are set for two new stars in Timothy Castagne and Steven Benda\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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