Fulham have reached an agreement in principle with Fluminense for midfielder André as they seek a replacement for Joao Palhinha.
That’s according to journalist Valentin Furlan, who say Fulham are ready to pay £25m for the midfielder after the Brazilian put their foot down in negotiations.
Marco Silva’s side had been expected to return for the Brazilian this summer after losing Palhinha, who has left to join Bayern Munich.
They were interested in André last season when Palhinha was close to a move to Bayern, but abandoned their efforts when the Portuguese midfielder’s exit was cancelled on deadline day.
They’ve now revived their efforts for the 22-year-old and Furlan reports that there is an agreement in place between Fulham and Fluminense on a £25m deal. This is only an agreement in principle, though.
It seems they have been given permission to speak to the player regardless as he also reports that the Premier League side are now in talks with him on various contractual details.
The positive for Fulham is that a deal seems to be moving quickly as it was only two days ago that it was claimed Fluminense were ‘in the process’ of selling the player to Craven Cottage.
That’s now very much on and expect more on this in the coming days, if not hours as Fulham speak to André and try to work out a contract agreement.
