Marco Silva will part ways with Fulham at the end of his contract this summer, bringing a five-year chapter at Craven Cottage to a close.

The 48-year-old Portuguese coach has been heavily linked with the vacant head coach role at Benfica in Lisbon, where he is widely reported as the leading candidate to replace Jose Mourinho.

Silva arrived at Fulham in the summer of 2021 and made an immediate impact, guiding the club to the Championship title in his debut 2021-22 season and earning promotion to the Premier League.

Steady hands in the top flight

Silva then kept the Cottagers firmly in England's top division across four consecutive Premier League campaigns. Fulham finished 10th in their first season back, followed by a 13th-place finish, before securing back-to-back 11th-placed finishes in his final two seasons.

The consistency of those results reflects a measured, stable tenure that transformed Fulham from a Championship side into an established Premier League outfit.

Silva's contract was due to expire at the end of this summer, and the club have not announced any extension. His likely departure marks the end of one of the more quietly successful managerial stints in recent Premier League history.