Cyrus Christie breaks silence on Fulham struggles as exit looms

The nightmare of Cyrus Christie at Fulham is set to finally be over when the Championship title winners announce their retained list, with it expected to be confirmed that the Republic of Ireland international will be released.

The 29-year-old joined the Cottagers in 2018 from Middlesbrough, but was never quite able to hold down a regular place in the starting line-up at the London club during his time there.

Whilst he did play 23 times in the Premier League in 2018-19 for Fulham, Christie was then frozen out by Scott Parker before the 2020-21 season began and in-turn he headed to Nottingham Forest for the entirety of that campaign.

It was a similar story in the summer of 2021 but unlike the year prior, Christie could not get fixed up with another club and he had to wait until January of 2022 to get game-time – which he found at Swansea City.

Inevitably, Christie will be let go this summer by Fulham, having not played a game for them since 2020, and whilst he may have a number of options going forward, he has spoken out on his time at Craven Cottage and how frustrating it has been on the whole over the past four years.

“It was frustrating knowing that you have to train on your own sometimes,” Christie told The Athletic.

“There were days where they wanted me to come in, when no one was in the building and I wasn’t allowed to train with the first team.

“Thankfully (Fulham under-23s manager) Steve Wigley let me play in a couple of under-23s games to tick over.

“An opportunity didn’t pop up in the summer, so I had to be patient.

“I kept my sanity, which was very tough over the course of that six months.

“The manager has a job to do. That’s football, I understand that and I came in every day, I smiled, I carried on, if