In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, the first Premier League promotion horse of the season was finally released, and it was successfully upgraded four rounds in advance!
The familiar team is back, and that's the "farmer" Fulham!
In this round of the Championship, Fulham won 3-0 at home to Preston and advanced to the Championship four rounds earlier.
The Format of the Championship is relatively complex, with a total of 24 participating teams and 46 league rounds. The top two teams advance directly to the Premier League, while the third- to sixth-place teams have to decide the last promotion place through the play-offs.
As last season's relegation horse, in the Championship of Muscle Forest, Fulham showed great strength, and after the start of the 21-22 season, Fulham quickly occupied the top of the table.
In late September, Fulham's form fluctuated, falling to fifth in the table, but the team quickly made adjustments and returned to the top spot in late November.
For more than five months after that, Fulham firmly grasped the lead and made great strides all the way back to the Premier League.
It is worth noting that after being relegated to the Championship, Fulham did not significantly reduce expenses, still retained the core squad, and the team also showed terrible offensive firepower in the Championship.
With 98 goals in 42 games and a net win of 61, Fulham seem so out of place in the Championship. In terms of players, everyone is more familiar with Serbian international Mitrovic, who joined Newcastle in the winter window of 2018.
This season in the Championship, Mitrovic has been unbeatable, scoring 40 goals in 42 games, breaking the Championship single-season scoring record set last year by Brentford's Ivan Tony with 31 goals in a single season (since the name was renamed in 2004).
According to British media reports, this upgrade by Fulham will at least bring more than $240 million to the team. In other words, next season in the Premier League, Fulham relegated again with the last place, can also earn 240 million!
Founded in 1879, Fulham has a long history, but the team has never won the English top flight in its history, and before this century, the team's best result was the 1974-75 FA Cup runner-up.
Entering this century, Fulham stayed in the Premier League for 13 consecutive years and finished runners-up in the Europa League in the 09–10 season.
Over the past five seasons, Fulham have been the lifts of the English league.
In the 17-18 season, Fulham went unbeaten in 23 consecutive Games in the Championship, but only finished third, but after the promotion play-offs, Fulham beat Derby County and Aston Villa in a row to return to the Premier League.
In the 18-19 season, Fulham only scored 26 points, ranking second from the bottom and relegated to the Championship.
In the 19-20 season, Fulham beat Brentford 2-1 in the promotion play-offs and soon returned to the Premier League.
In the 20-21 season, Fulham were relegated three rounds early and returned to the Championship. This time back in the Premier League, can Fulham get away with the fate of the lifts?