Fulham make stunning £18m bid for Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle to help with their Championship promotion push
West London club willing to break the bank in order to finally force their way back into the Premier League after years away
FULHAM have made a stunning club record £18 million bid for Dwight Gayle.
The Championship club are ready to bust the bank to finally achieve promotion back to the Premier League.
Newcastle are currently pondering whether to accept the offer or not but are reluctant to let striker Gayle go.
The player must have been fazed by the shock bid from Fulham as he turned up four hours early for training this morning at 9am when the squad was not due in until 1pm.
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic wants more firepower up front after seeing his team stutter in their start to the new season.
They won their first league match 2-0 at Ipswich on Saturday but goals have been hard to come by.
Gayle scored 23 goals in 32 appearances last season.
After reaching the play-off semi finals last season Jokanovic sees Gayle as the man to make the difference and get them back to the top flight after four years in the Championship.
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Fulham’s current highest fee paid is £11.5 for Steve Marlet in 2001.
The £18m would be the result of add-ons but could ultimately become the division’s biggest ever signing.
Fulham are also on the trail of Wolves’ highly-rated winger Jordan Graham who is also attracting interest from League Leicester.
