It has been a somewhat underwhelming start to the season for Scott Parker's Fulham, who will be looking to get back to winning ways against West Bromwich Albion this weekend.

The Cottagers went big in the summer on the likes of Anthony Knockaert, Bobby Reid and Ivan Cavaleiro - players who have all thrived at Championship level before.

The goal for Parker's side is to win promotion back to the top-flight at the first time of asking this season, but the London club have got off to a stuttering start, winning three of their opening six league games, and failing to pick up all three points in their last two league outings.

Parker overhauled his squad with a host of big-name signings in the summer, but also bid farewell to those players who played a massive part in their relegation from the Premier League last season.

There are still some players who will be looking to move on in January, after failing to complete a move away during the course of the summer.

Here, we take a look at two players who should have been loaned out in the summer...

Martell Taylor-Crossdale

Taylor-Crossdale arrived at Craven Cottage on a two-year deal from Chelsea in the summer, having been a prolific goalscorer for the Blues in the academy.

The 19-year-old initially joined up with Mark Pembridge's under-23 squad, but was given his senior debut for the Cottagers in a 1-0 defeat to Southampton in the Carabao Cup last month.

The striker was only brought on with just minutes left to play, and will have hardly taken a lot of experience or lessons from his first appearance for the club.

Scoring goals for the under-23s week in, week out is one thing, but a loan move away to earn regular game-time in mens' football could have been beneficial for him.

Ibrahima Cisse

Cisse signed for Fulham ahead of the 2017/18 campaign, the season where they won the Sky Bet Championship play-offs under Slavisa Jokanovic.

The 25-year-old has since made only 13 appearances for the Cottagers, making only six appearances in all competitions last season with only two of those coming in the Premier League.

He is completely out-of-favour under Scott Parker, and with the quality that they have in midfield, it's highly unlikely that he will break into the team anytime soon.

He should have followed Jean Michael Seri's suit and left the club on loan in the summer.