Report: Player Spurs passed on for £41m is now set to join Fulham

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According to Portuguese outlet, Record, Carlos Vinicius is set to join Fulham.

This, of course, won’t be the Brazilian’s first time around in the Premier League, he spent the 2020/21 season at Tottenham on loan, but sadly, his time in north London wasn’t the best.

Indeed, fresh off of winning the Golden Boot in Portugal, Vinicius headed to Spurs on loan with high expectations – a £41m option to buy was even included in the deal, but, understandably, he couldn’t oust Harry Kane from the starting XI and he scored just one league goal that season.

Spurs, understandably, opted against using their option to buy the Brazilian, and another loan to PSV followed.

However, he’s now set to return to the Premier League and London with Fulham in a deal that could eventually be worth £10m.

Unfortunately for Vinicius, despite Fulham’s stature in comparison to Spurs, he may also struggle to break into the Cottagers’ starting XI in the same way he struggled at Tottenham.

Indeed, while Aleksandar Mitrovic isn’t quite at Harry Kane’s level, he’s just as important to Fulham as Kane is for Spurs, and it’s tough to see the Serbian being dropped at any point.

However, Fulham have often looked like a 4-4-2 out of possession this season with Andreas Pereira pushing right up alongside and even beyond Mitrovic at a number of points this season, so perhaps Vinicius could slot into the side in place of Pereira at times as Fulham look to rotate their squad.

Vinicius is going to get his second chance to prove himself in the Premier League, and who knows? Perhaps the striker could show Tottenham that they should’ve forked out the £41m to sign him back in 2021.