Tom Cairney comments on his future, amid links with Newcastle United

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Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion are both interested in signing Fulham midfielder Tom Cairney.

Tom Cairney has told the Express and Star that he wants to stay at Fulham, despite links with both Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion.

The Northern Echo have suggested that both Newcastle and West Brom are interested in the midfielder this month.

However Cairney, who turned down the chance to move away from Fulham in the summer, insists he remains happy at Craven Cottage.

“I had it last summer [transfer speculation].” he said.

“I signed a contract extension in the summer and I can’t do much more than that to commit my future to the club.

“I’m happy here, I love it here, and I want to stay here.”

The comments are further bad news for Newcastle, in what has been a very frustrating transfer window for Rafael Benitez’s side so far.

Newcastle have missed out on a whole host of targets so far, and it seems that Cairney is another name who won’t be moving to St. James’ Park.

The Northern Echo suggested that Newcastle would have had to sell Jonjo Shelvey to raise the money to buy Cairney anyway, who was valued at around £20 million.

West Brom, meanwhile, were said to be prepared to bid £15 million for Cairney – but the Scottish midfielder appears to want to see the season out at Fulham.

Fulham are currently in eighth place in the Championship table, and are lurking just outside the play off spots.