John Terry 'bids farewell to Aston Villa teammates'

Oliver Norwood hailed Fulham's incredible achievement after they secured Premier League promotion against Aston Villa.

Cairney struck with a cool finish in the first half at Wembley to earn Fulham a top-flight place worth an estimated £160 million ($213 million) windfall.

"It depends what kind of ambition we are going to show, this is simple", he said of Fulham's prospects for 2018-19.

We saw in this past Premier League season that keeping a Championship core can bring you a successful season. I have had the best three and a half, four months of my career. Promotion is vindication for the glorious front-foot manner in which Fulham have flummoxed countless teams this season.

"There is interest in Wayne Rooney from our end and I think there is interest from his end too", DC United head coach Ben Olsen said after his side's 1-1 draw at LAFC in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Villa boss Steve Bruce made just one change from the goalless draw with Middlesbrough in the semi-final second-leg, while John Terry started at centre-back and Ahmed El Mohamady slotted in at right-back. He was undoubtedly the player of the year in the Championship and his ceiling as a footballer is very high. We will try to move forward.

"This is a really important victory for us".

After the game, Cairney told Sky Sports: "We knew we wouldn't shrink in this environment". I would like him to stay; another year with us will do him a world of good.

Kamara and Sessegnon had attempts either side of a break in play after Ryan Fredericks trod on Grealish, whose quick feet lead to a booking for Odoi as half-time approached. We've had to balance the books, something which, over the past two windows in particular, I've come to get used to.

The Left-Back - on loan at Craven Cottage from Southampton since January - played his part in the game over the 90 minutes and the Cottagers would run out deserving winners overall.

Aston Villa, meanwhile, is looking to return to the top flight after two seasons in the Championship. We'll dust ourselves down, accept defeat, and yes it's going to be hard, but we've done it this year.