Fulham star Joao Palhinha has been raving about teammate Harrison Reed and how important he is to the team.
The Fulham squad were taking part in a Pass It On challenge on the Premier League’s official website.
One of the things that’s so enjoyable about the current Fulham squad is how together they are.
The lusophone group in the squad are very close, constantly appearing on each other’s social media pages.
In the summer, Andreas Pereira admitted that he was doing everything he could to convince Willian to rejoin the club.
There are also several players who have been at Fulham for some time and appear to be at the forefront of building that togetherness.
Tom Cairney and Tim Ream share captaincy duties and with more than 500 appearances for the club between them, they know exactly what it means to the fans to play for the club.
Speaking about their Fulham teammates, Joao Palhinha was quick to praise his midfield partner Harrison Reed.
The Portuguese international has been linked with a move away from the club but he’s shown in his performances how much he still cares about Fulham.
Images of him wheeling away towards the Fulham fans smacking the badge on his chest away to Arsenal earlier this season will live long in the memory.
Palhinha raves about Fulham teammate Reed
When asked about the £6m midfielder, Palhinha said: “The best qualities that Harrison [Reed] has is pushing for all the team inside of the pitch.
“He’s a really competitive player and he push us a lot on the pitch every game.”
It’s been an interesting season for Harrison Reed at Craven Cottage.
After being the subject of a deadline day bid from Wolves, Reed signed a new contract alongside Palhinha at Fulham in September.
However, he’s no longer a guaranteed name on Marco Silva’s team sheet with Sasa Lukic and Alex Iwobi both starting alongside Palhinha at times.
Fulham aren’t scoring enough goals right now and lost the midfield battle against Aston Villa before the international break.
With Palhinha suspended against Wolves on Monday, it would be a surprise if Reed wasn’t back in the Fulham line-up.
He’ll be hoping to do enough to convince Silva that he should be regularly starting games once again.