Fulham are said to have bid for Enrich in August, but reportedly face Norwich City competition.
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Championship sides Fulham and Norwich City are set to go head to head over Eibar striker Sergi Enrich, according to the Football League Paper (page 3).
Fulham are said to have bid £3.5 million for the Spaniard in August and continue to monitor his progress, the report claims.
Enrich, along with former Aston Villa and Eibar defender Antonio Luna, was forced to apologise earlier this month after a video of the pair engaging in a “private act” with a woman appeared online (BBC Sport).
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud with ex-Aston Villa man Antonio Luna
And according to the Football League Paper, Eibar, who terminated Luna’s contract shortly after, would be willing to sell Enrich to Fulham if they increase their bid in January.
Norwich, however, could throw a spanner in the works as they seek to bolster their own forward line this winter.
Only one Norwich striker, Cameron Jerome has scored more than five goals this season, with neither Nelson Oliveira nor Kyle Lafferty yet to open their senior accounts.
Nelson Oliveira (centre) has only scored for Norwich’s Under-23s so far
Having failed to land Enrich, who’s scored 14 goals since joining the La Liga side in 2015, Fulham secured a deadline day loan deal for Derby County’s Chris Martin.
There had been suggestions that Martin, who began his career at Norwich, could be recalled by his parent club in January, however Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic has revealed that his side plan to exercise their option to sign the Scotland international on a permanent basis (Get West London).
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