Scott Parker wants his Fulham side to finish the Premier League season ‘the right way’ as they prepare to take on Manchester United.
The Cottagers’ relegation to the Championship was confirmed last week but their manager is hoping for a positive end to the campaign.
Their most recent outing was a 3-1 defeat to Southampton, during which teenager Fabio Carvalho opened his Premier League account.
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Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s game at Old Trafford, Parker said: “For me, the most important thing is finishing this season and focusing on that really.
“What’s to be next year is a few months away, and what’s vitally important for me and for the players – and I need the players to understand that – (is that) you’re in the biggest league and the best league and the spotlight’s constantly on them.
“We need to finish this season the right way, really.
“So we’ve got a very tough game tomorrow against the second best team in this division. It’s already a difficult game for us, of course it is, so that’s the main focus from me certainly at this point.”
Speaking about their relegation, Parker added: “(It has been) a big disappointment of course this year, we want to stay in this league, but there’s still a job to do.
“That’s be professional and put some pride in our performance and I need to make sure that the squad understand that as well. That’s the big challenge for me – and I don’t really want to look past that.”
10,000 United supporters are expected to be at Old Trafford for the 18:00 kick-off, although away fans are not allowed in.
“I think firstly all of us are ecstatic with fans entering the stadium,” Parker said.
“Football stadiums have become very sterile a year ago, maybe more than that, and I think we’ve all missed the atmosphere and what that brings in stadiums.
“We briefly experienced it with, I think, only 2,000 in the Liverpool game and that was incredible.
“I think it’s 10,000 fans tomorrow, albeit they won’t be screaming for us, hopefully the following one we’ll have them doing that for us.”
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