Midfielder Josh Onomah is pushing to make his Fulham debut at some point this week, the Evening Standard have reported.

The 22-year-old joined Fulham from Tottenham at the start of August, as part of a deal that saw Ryan Sessegnon move in the other direction, although Onomah has yet to make a senior appearance since his move to Fulham.

He has however been training with the first-team squad, and scored for the club's Under 23s side as he played 45 minutes of their meeting with West Brom on Monday.

It is thought that Onomah is now pushing for a place in the squad when they host Millwall on Wednesday night, although he could be forced to settle for a place on the bench, with manager Scott Parker reluctant to make changes to the side that beat Huddersfield Town 2-1 on Friday night.

That could mean that Onomah is forced to wait until the weekend for his debut, with Fulham taking on Nottingham Forest at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.

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After losing their opening game of the season away at Barnsley, Fulham have bounced back with wins over Blackburn and Huddersfield in next two Championship games, and currently sit ninth in the early Championship standings.

The Verdict

I think there could still be something of a waiting game for Onomah here.

Already this season, Fulham's midfield three of Harry Arter, Stefan Johansen and captain Tom Cairney look to have established a pretty solid partnership in the centre of the park for Fulham, which Parker may be reluctant to break up.

With the attacking threat provided by the front three of Mitrovic, Knockaert and Cavaleiro as well, I can't really see Parker wanting to drop one of them in order to make space in the midfield for someone such as Onomah.

It appears therefore, as though the pressure will really be on Onomah to take his chance when he gets it, although you imagine it will be a pretty nice feeling for Fulham fans to know that they have a player of his ability in reserve for when they need him.