Two days ago, Foot Mercato reported Montpellier goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte is on his way to Fulham.
French journalist Bertrand Queneutte also reported the player was expected to travel to England on Monday, but that didn’t happen. He added the Premier League club will be paying around €500,000 for the 34-year-old.
Midi Libre, a newspaper local to Montpellier, now report the stopper’s move to Fulham is ‘imminent’.
The Ligue 2 side will play a friendly against Aubagne later today and Lecomte won’t be part of the squad.
That’s because the Frenchman is flying to London on Wednesday to carry out medical tests and sign a contract with Marco Silva’s side.
There’s no mention of the details of the contract he will sign with the English club, while Midi Libre report Lecomte will be Bernd Leno’s backup at Fulham.
Lecomte left AS Monaco and returned to Montpellier in January 2023 and was a regular in his second spell with the club. He played 82 games of which 30 were from last season, where Montpellier were relegated from the Ligue 1.
Foot Mercato earlier reported the French club want to get rid of Lecomte as he’s one of their top earners. They should soon be successful as he’s now heading towards Fulham.
