Having previously been relegated from the Premier League with West Brom, Gera will be Hungary for success with Fulham. Get it?
Something of a surprise departure from promoted West Brom in the summer of 2008, the Baggies’ playmaker was arguably the biggest coup of a busy holiday period, rejecting a new Hawthorns contract to move to SW6.
With Fulham boss Roy Hodgson desperate to avoid a repeat performance of 2007/08’s nail-biting last-day escape, the capture of the Hungary international – among the Championship’s most-gifted performers and three times Footballer of the Year in his native land –could prove one of the soundest pieces of close-season business.
An attacking midfielder with a keen eye for the defence-splitting pass, Gera will be expected to bring a touch of quality and finesse to the Cottagers’ engine room.