Stars have Cott to go

SCOTT PARKER is resigned to seeing players leave Craven Cottage in the summer.

Fulham are already making plans for life in the Championship next season.

Loanees such as Sergio

Rico and Calum Chambers look set to return to their parent clubs.

And with Tottenham eyeing Ryan Sessegnon, caretaker boss Parker said: “There is no doubt there will be players leaving the football club, along with ones coming in.

“This season is coming to an end, everyone knows where they are, and the mistakes they’ve made.”

Fulham visit Bournemouth today looking to finally win away this season. Tim Fosumensah has knee ligament issues, but there are otherwise no new injury concerns.

Victory against Everton last week was only their second of the year and Parker added: “It was a very good performance against a strong team.

“We’ve not had that feeling, but we can look forward.” BOURNEMOUTH boss Eddie Howe will today become the youngest manager in English football history to rack up 500 games – but says he is still trying to prove himself.

Howe (right) was just 31 when he was appointed by the Cherries on New Year’s Eve 2008.

During his two spells in charge, with a stint at Burnley in between, the 41-year-old has led the south coast outfit from near-extinction at the bottom of League Two to become an established Premier League club.

Howe said: “When I was appointed I didn’t even know I was going to become a manager at that time.

“I was learning about coaching, learning about the game and learning about a totally different side away from playing.

“To be given the opportunity to manage way ahead of any timescale I had put on it myself was something I really respected, the opportunity and someone’s faith in me.

“I was desperate to repay that faith and am still doing the same thing, trying to repay everyone for giving me this chance.

“This season has been a strange one for us, with everything that has happened around the team.”

At one stage, Howe saw his side lose NINE successive away games in the Premier League. He went on: “Whenever you go through tough