Brentford and Fulham have made ‘concrete offers’ for Young Boys Bern midfielder Fabian Rieder but may need to wait to secure his signature.
That’s according to BILD, who say the 21-year-old is holding the Premier League duo at arm’s length for the time being as he eyes a move to Borussia Monchengladbach.
The newspaper explains that the player ‘wants to go to Borussia’ and they in turn want the player but while a deal is believed to be on the home stretch, it could fall at the last minute.
Rieder has ‘initially cancelled’ these offers because his Plan A is to move to VfL, with his agent Fabian von Matt, recently confirming talks are underway between the relevant parties.
The problem is that the Bundesliga club don’t have the funds to buy Rieder at this moment in time, with him currently valued at currently valued at €15m.
That’s left the deal in a holding position until Borussia can raise the funds, opening the window for Brentford and Fulham to potentially steal a march.
Rieder is holding them off for now but according to BILD’s information he ‘does not want to wait forever’ as he wants a move this summer.
He doesn’t want things to drag until the last week of August and if Borussia don’t move by then, he’ll look at his other options and a potential switch to the Premier League.
