Last Friday, we covered a report from TuttoMercatoWeb which stated Saša Lukić is close to joining Fulham after they made an offer to Torino.
A day later, Torino Granata reported the Italian club’s president, Urbano Cairo, is expected to collect a good fee from the midfielder’s sale to the Premier League side.
The Serbia international has not yet sealed a move to Fulham because negotiations are on ‘stand-by’, according to Gianluca Di Marzio.
It’s explained the London club made a £10m bid to sign the player. His deal expires in 2024 and his renewal talks with the Italian club have been stalled since August.
Marco Silva’s side would like to take the 26-year-old ‘immediately’, but the two clubs have not found an agreement for the transfer. The ‘negotiations continued positively’ at the weekend.
La Stampa, relayed by TuttoMercatoWeb, explain Torino manager Ivan Jurić would like to hold on to Lukić ‘despite the agreement with Fulham’.
Torino are close to completing a deal for Hellas Verona’s Ivan Ilić, and Jurić has informed the club leaders that ‘Ilić must be added to Lukić, not be his replacement’.
Amid the coach’s desire to retain Lukić, the report states the feeling is he will go another way, meaning he’ll leave Torino for Fulham before the window closes on Tuesday.
