Tomas Kalas says he rejected offers from Premier League clubs in order to return to Fulham on loan because he ‘knew everything’ about the club, as reported by the Hull Daily Mail.
Kalas spent last season on loan at Chelsea’s local neighbours Fulham from Chelsea, helping the Cottagers reached the play-off semi finals.
Chelsea wanted to loan out Kalas again this summer and Fulham and Hull were the two clubs most interested in his services.
New Hull manager Leonid Slutsky was interested in Kalas this summer, with the Czech defender being one of the first names linked with Hull this summer as result of the Russian’s links with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
However, Kalas, who spent the season before last on loan at Middlesbrough, chose to go back to Fulham for the 2017/18 season as they look to push for a Premier League return at the first time of asking.
Speaking after he re-joined Fulham, Kalas said:
I was fighting to get back to Fulham, there were other options that made sense as well, but in terms of this league I didn’t want to go anywhere else.
Hull was an option and they’re going to have a strong team. I have been touch with different clubs as well from the Premier League but that was all stuck at the one point and didn’t go any further.
But I knew everything at Fulham – the way we play, what position I will have here. That was kind of decisive in my decision.
