Fulham captain Tom Cairney says getting to a cup final would be amazing after the 34-year-old penned a one-year contract extension.
Cairney had offers from elsewhere but has decided to stay on at Fulham. Looking forward to next season, the Scottish midfielder said he'd want nothing more than to get to a cup final.
“I just wanna get to a Cup final, that would be amazing," Cairney said after signing on until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Cairney's crowning moment as a Fulham player came at Wembley when he netted the winning goal in the 2018 play-off final against Aston Villa to send them to the Premier League.
There have since been several near misses, namely reaching the Carabao Cup semi-finals in 2024 and last season losing to eventual winners Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarter-finals, and Cairney says he’s determined to get Fulham back to Wembley.
“To get the fans to Wembley one more time would be an incredible feeling.”
Cairney, who's made 354 appearances for the west London club, passed a decade at Fulham over the summer. A milestone, the veteran midfielder says he's incredibly proud to have made.
“I’m delighted. It feels brilliant. It feels right. It’s always been home.
“It doesn’t happen a lot these days. Players come & go quite quickly. I feel like I’ve seen so many players in my time at Fulham. To stay at a club this long, now my 11th season - it’s crazy. Something I’m very proud of, especially at this level.”
It's been a quiet transfer window for Fulham so far, with the club happy to do their business later into the summer.
But in tying down Cairney and right-back Kenny Tete to new contracts, they've secured the futures of two of the club's longest-serving and most reliable players.
