Matt Targett swapped St Mary’s for Craven Cottage in January and has shone in the Championship with Slavisa Jokanovic’s Fulham.
Matt Targett was expected to follow in the esteemed footsteps of fellow St Mary’s alumni Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw, Calum Chambers and co when breaking into the Southampton first-team three years ago.
Thanks to injuries and the excellent form of Ryan Bertrand, however, the 22-year-old left-back never managed to really nail down a regular place in the first-team.
But since moving on loan to Fulham in January, Targett has shown why he was once tipped to star on the south coast. The Cottagers have not lost a single one of the 13 games that the former England U21 ace has featured in over the last three months – and Targett has now admitted that there’s a chance he could stay at Craven Cottage beyond this season.
“[Staying at Fulham next season] is certainly an option, everyone wants to play Premier League football and if Fulham are in the Premier League then I don’t see why not,” Targett told Get West London, while admitting that Southampton have not been in touch once during his spell away.
“I’ve enjoyed every minute here at Fulham, we haven’t lost yet while I’ve been here and we have to keep that run going.”
No doubt Fulham would jump at the chance to keep the Eastleigh-born youngster in West London – though it remains to be seen whether Targett’s future, like that of so many of his Cottagers’ team-mates, depend on which division they are playing in next season.
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