Barcelona forward Martin Braithwaite is close to joining Espanyol after passing a medical but the Spanish club need to offload top earner Raul de Tomas on loan first.
Several Premier League clubs including Everton and Aston Villa have considered the 27-year-old this summer with Fulham now the best placed.
Espanyol had hoped to sell the former Real Madrid and Benfica forward who is their all-time most expensive signing costing £17.3million in 2020. However, they have accepted a loan deal as that is there best chance of getting him off the wage bill.