Silva: Muniz deserves ‘respect’ for playing amid uncertain future

Marco Silva says Rodrigo Muniz deserves “respect” for earning Fulham a point at Brighton with a late equaliser amid speculation over his future at the club.  

The striker has been strongly linked with a move away from the club following an approach from Atalanta, but rescued a draw for Fulham after coming off the bench. 

 After the full-time whistle, the travelling fans sang “We want you to stay” and boss Silva also praised the striker. 

“I think [Muniz] deserves respect for [playing despite speculation over his future],” said Silva. “The week from him was very, very good in terms of preparation, work ethic and all that stuff was very good and as simple as that, of course he was able to help the team.

“He was rewarded for that, he helped the team. I know Rodrigo very well but he show for everybody – amid the noise around him – how he’s a professional football player and how he respects myself, the team-mates as well.

“Sometimes it’s not the rumour around themselves, the people around themselves, you are talking about their jobs as well and a lot of things around but I think he’s going to handle in the future even better this type of moments.”