Fulham are interested in raiding West London rivals Queens Park Rangers for the £4.7 million-rated winger Bright Osayi-Samuel, according to Het Laaste Nieuws.
Try as they might, Club Brugge have still not tied up a deal to sign one of the quickest players in the English second tier.
The reigning Belgian champions have had a bid accepted by QPR but, according to West London Sport, Osayi-Samuel is still mulling over whether a move to mainland Europe would be the right move at such a key juncture of his career.
Yet he is not exactly short of alternative offers.
“Every player in the world has got a price,” Rangers boss Mark Warburton admitted on Thursday.
“Whatever happens happens. But if any player leaves QPR – and this is the key point – they leave on QPR’s terms. That’s what people have to realise.”
The Loftus Road outfit may have no choice but to sell a rocket-fuelled 22-year-old who, thanks to such explosive performances since the turn of the year, has challenged the outstanding Eberechi Eze for the title of QPR’s talisman.
Osayi-Samuel has less than 12 months on his contract after all.
But the prospect of the former Blackpool speedster flying past full-backs down the road at Craven Cottage is the stuff of nightmares for QPR fans.
Reports in Belgium claim that Fulham are trying to muscle in on Brugge’s deal and, even if Scott Parker’s side fail to secure promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs, that £4.7 million fee should not prove prohibitive.
A Bola also claim that Fulham have had a £9 million bid rejected by Sporting Lisbon for another talented young forward – the Cape Verde international Jovane Cabral.
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