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Fulham target striker
Kevin Phillips |
| Position |
Striker |
| DOB |
25/07/73 |
| P.O.B. |
Hichin |
| Height |
5' 7" |
| Club |
Sunderland |
Fulham last night made an eleventh-hour bid to hijack Kevin Phillips's move from Sunderland to Southampton.
The west Londoners' manager Chris Coleman will be given any spare cash after the sale of Sean Davis and the signing of Claudio Reyna - to finance the £3m swoop.
Phillips is in talks with Saints but is finding it difficult to agree terms with chairman Rupert Lowe, who is unwilling to break his club's wage structure to capture the forward.
That has left Fulham - who will be more flexible over wages - free to register their interest and ask to speak to the former England cap today.
The unsettled striker wants to move, although it is unlikely either Fulham or Southampton was on his list of preferred destinations when he contemplated his future over the summer.