Ryan Fredericks comments about Tom Cairney should encourage Newcastle, Burnley

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Newcastle United and Burnley are reportedly interested in signing Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney in the summer transfer window.

Fulham defender Ryan Fredericks has suggested to The Times that Tom Cairney would be a success in the Premier League.

Cairney is one of the best players in the Championship and has been in superb form for Fulham so far this season.

The 26-year-old has scored 13 goals and provided 10 assists in 46 Championship appearances for the Cottagers this campaign.

Fredericks has spoken highly of Cairney, and has claimed that any Premier League team would be lucky to have him.

“Tom is technically very good, the best passer of a football in the league by a long way and any Premier League team would be lucky to have him, but we have got him at the moment, so let him do the job for us,” Cairney told The Times.

Fulham are in the Championship playoffs, and there is a good chance that they could get promoted to the Premier League for the 2017-18 campaign.

Cairney, though, may not be at Craven Cottage next season. Premier League duo Premier League and Burnley have been linked with moves for the former Hull City midfielder in the summer transfer window.

According to The Mirror, Newcastle are planning to make a move for the Fulham midfielder, who is also on the radar of Burnley, as reported by The Sun on Sunday (print edition, page 63, May 7, 2017, click here to read more)

Fredericks’s comments about Cairney should be encouraging for both the Magpies and the Clarets, as they show just how highly the midfielder is rated by his teammates, and that the Scotland international would be a success in the Premier League.