Fulham have reportedly made an offer for Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez ahead of the January transfer window.
That’s according to Mexican journalist Memo Navarro, who provided an update on social media on the 22-year-old.
It’s no secret that Marco Silva’s team are struggling in front of goal right now.
They’ve scored just nine league goals this season, with Joao Palhinha and Bobby De Cordova-Reid their top scorers with two goals.
However, the three senior centre-forwards in the squad have just one league goal between them, courtesy of Carlos Vinicius’s tap-in against Luton Town.
The absence of Aleksandar Mitrovic is really being felt and even the likes of Andreas Pereira who linked up so well with him last season are struggling.
Fulham are reportedly moving quickly to fix this issue and have made an offer to sign Santiago Gimenez.
Gimenez is one of the most in-form strikers in Europe right now.
He’s already scored 13 goals in the Eredivisie and bagged a brace on his Champions League debut this season.
Feyenoord want a league-record fee for the striker, which would mean trumping the £86m Manchester United paid for Antony.
That is obviously well above Fulham’s transfer budget, although Fabrizio Romano has said that around £39m might be enough to convince Feyenoord to sell.
Fulham reportedly make offer for Gimenez
Posting on X, formerly Twitter, W Deportes journalist Memo Navarro said: “Exclusive information from Santiago Giménez.
“I have been able to find out, and have confirmed, that Fulham has sent Feyenoord a strong offer for Santi.
“The English team wants to anticipate, but club and player are going calmly. At the moment, what is seductive (and a lot) is the interest in [Spain].”
Fulham should be willing to break their transfer record with their offer to sign Santiago Gimenez.
An out-an-out striker who knows how to find the back of the net is the club’s biggest priority now.
He’s been absolutely exceptional this season, but Fulham are likely to face plenty of competition for his signature.
Tottenham are interested in Gimenez as well and although it doesn’t look like it right now, they’ll want to eventually replace Harry Kane.
Fulham haven’t always acted quickly in the transfer market, just look at how much business gets done on deadline day every summer.
But if they can usurp some of the biggest clubs in Europe to sign Gimenez, it would be one of the best bits of business they’ve done since signing Joao Palhinha.