Fulham are looking at Wolfsburg striker Jonas Wind but former Chelsea man Timo Werner will not be returning to the Premier League with The Cottagers or West Ham United.
With neither Raul Jimenez, Carlos Vinicius nor Rodrigo Muniz managing to step up consistently in the absence of Aleksandr Mitrovic, it will come as a surprise to absolutely no one to learn that Fulham are prioritising a centre-forward in the winter window.
And, after links with Serhou Guirassy, Santiago Gimenez and Gift Orban, Fulham fans can now add Jonas Wind’s name to their January watchlist.
According to the London Evening Standard, Wind is ‘an option’. The Denmark international is enjoying the best run of his Bundesliga career, scoring nine goals in 13 games for Wolfsburg.
One player who appears to be out of contention, however, is Timo Werner. The oft-maligned former Chelsea forward has been linked with a return to London via Fulham and West Ham United (90Min).
No Premier League return for ex-Chelsea man Timo Werner
German publication BILD, however, believe that while a January departure from RB Leipzig is a possibility, a second spell in English football is not. Werner’s eye-watering £170,000-a-week wages are likely to be another stumbling block.
Werner, a Champions League winner at Chelsea in 2021, has started only two Bundesliga games for Leipzig this term, Benjamin Sesko and the outstanding Lois Openda keeping him out of Marco Rosa’s starting XI.
Fulham boss Silva, meanwhile, has made no secret of his desire to add more goalscorers to his squad, Mitrovic’s absence keenly felt in West London.
“Seven players left us at the end of the season, and we lost Mitrovic too,” Silva told Planet Football a couple of months ago.
“If we are to sign a striker, it needs to be the right one. It has to be someone who can have the right impact in our squad with the conditions to help us.
“This is the main thing for me.”
Fulham and West Ham want a striker
West Ham are eyeing AZ Alkmaar’s Vangelis Pavlidis, Bayer Leverkusen’s Adam Hlozek and Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy.
The Hammers also tried to sign Yuri Alberto over the summer, though it remains to be seen whether David Moyes’ side return for the one-time Brazil international.
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