Wolfsburg defender Kevin Mbabu is ‘close’ to joining Fulham, and a deal is ‘about to be finalised’.
That’s according to BILD, who say the Switzerland defender is ‘expected to sign’ for Marco Silva’s side this weekend at the latest.
The newspaper reports that Fulham will pay €6-8m for Mbabu, who sat out training on Thursday to avoid any last-minute problems scuppering the move.
Mbabu has slight muscular problems and neither the club nor the player want to take a risk and jeopardise the transfer. He was, though, still in Wolfsburg today.
The deal could have been completed earlier, but the defender’s contract demands of €3m a year were too high for Fulham.
He’s now lowered those demands, enabling a move to Craven Cottage to go through as soon as possible.
The next step is for him to fly to London and undergo a medical, which seems likely to be done sooner rather than later, given BILD predict the move could be wrapped up by the weekend.
