Fulham boss Marco Silva has explained holding back Chelsea loanee Armando Broja.

The January striker has struggled for minutes so far.

Silva said: "Players have their ambitions and when we sign a player like Armando, the idea and the aim is for him to be a really important piece in our XI, in our squad. If not, we would not move in that direction. But we really believed he was the right guy to be here.

"But then Rodrigo [Muniz] scored, and then he scored twice in the next game and Armando has to wait for his chance - and unfortunately in the week he was unwell and was not available.

"Now he is available and I have to decide what is the best solution to start the game. He is working hard, it is a different club, different style, different ideas and he needs time to adapt and start to make connections with team-mates.

"In the training sessions, we can see his quality and what he is capable of doing - and I'm really positive he is going to help us until the end of the season."

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