Report: Fulham right-back Ryan Fredericks tempted by ‘lucrative’ West Ham deal

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Ryan Fredericks looks certain to leave Championship side Fulham if they miss out on the Premier League with West Ham keen.

Ryan Fredericks is out of contract this summer and that fact is known throughout the top tier of English football.

The jet-heeled right-back has set up seven goals for a promotion chasing Fulham side this season and will be offered the chance to play Premier League football in 2018/19, even if Slavisa Jokanovic’s side miss out on a return to the promised land.

The Mirror (11.09am, live transfer blog) reported on Monday that Championship winners Wolverhampton Wanderers are keen to take Fredericks to Molineux and give Matt Doherty some competition on the right hand side.

But it seems that West Ham, who were linked as far back as February when Football London claimed that Fredericks was one of David Moyes’ top summer targets, are still leading the way.

The Mirror (3.26pm) is now reporting that Fredericks is tempted by a lucrative switch to the London Stadium this summer should Fulham be forced to spend another season in the Championship.

The 25-year-old has spent most of his career in the capital, starting out at Tottenham, enjoying loan spells at Brentford and Millwall and returning in 2015 with Fulham after a stint at Bristol City.

And Fredericks would arguably have a better chance forcing his way into West Ham’s starting XI than he would Wolves’, given that Pablo Zabaleta is well past his best and Sam Byram remains either injured or out of favour.

But do reports of a ‘lucrative’ move to West Ham suggest that The Hammers have put a rather substantial wage on the table?