Fulham defender Michael Hector is hoping to be playing Premier League football next season.

Most of Michael Hector's five years with Chelsea before signing for Fulham were spent on loan.

If Fulham beat Brentford in Tuesday's Championship play-off final at Wembley, he can join his former teammates in the top-flight next season.

"It's my dream. Something I have strived to do all my career," reflects 28-year-old Hector, speaking to the Daily Mail.

"I have been close and now we are 90 minutes away. I grew up in west London supporting Chelsea and Gianfranco Zola was my hero. I signed for them from Reading and would love to have played a first-team game but the opportunity never came.

"The closest I came was 2016 when they gave me the No 30 shirt in pre-season. Then David Luiz signed and took the number, and I went on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt!"