Wagner refuses to discuss transfers ahead of Fulham clash

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Huddersfield boss David Wagner refused to discuss any possible transfer deals before Saturday’s crunch clash at relegation rivals Fulham&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Terriers have been linked with several players&comma; including Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke&comma; while summer signing Ramadan Sobhi has completed a loan switch back to former club Al Ahly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Terriers winger Rajiv van La Parra is expected to seal a loan move to Middlesbrough&comma; but Wagner said he was focused only on Saturday’s game at Craven Cottage&comma; where victory would lift them off the foot of the table&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked if the club were working to bring in a striker during the transfer window&comma; Wagner said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To be totally honest&comma; and I understand the question and I don’t like to be disrespectful&comma; but this game &lpar;on Saturday&rpar; is too important to discuss anything today regarding transfers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Town confirmed Sobhi’s return on loan to Egyptian side Al Ahly on Friday morning&comma; while a similar deal for Van La Parra at Middlesbrough is understood to be imminent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As I said&comma; and I don’t like to be disrespectful&comma; for me this game is too important to discuss this at this press conference&comma;” Wagner said when asked about the latter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wagner usually prefers to play down the significance of specific games involving his side&comma; but he made no attempt to do the same before this weekend’s trip to the capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Terriers take on second-bottom Fulham before facing two other relegation rivals&comma; Burnley and Cardiff&comma; in their following two league fixtures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yes&comma; these games are big&comma;” Wagner said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no shadow of a doubt about this&comma; these are big games&comma; massive games for us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t like to look too far ahead&period; I only like to look to the next one and this is a big game for both teams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is why we are totally focused on it and we will prepare as good as we can against a team which we faced only seven or eight weeks ago at home&comma; even if they have a different style which they play&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That meeting in early November ended in a rare win for the Terriers and they will chase just their third victory of the season on Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Midfielder Jonathan Hogg will be assessed after a knee problem restricted him to bench duty in the Boxing Day defeat at Old Trafford&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wagner has no new injury concerns&comma; 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