And finally after all the transfer window rumors?

dcheather · May 14, 2013

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/tra ... his-summer

The Ghana midfielder was the west London club's guest for their recent home match against Reading, when he completed the formalities of a move to Craven Cottage
EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent

Fulham have agreed a deal to sign midfielder Derek Boateng in the summer, Goal.com understands.

The Ghana international is set to move to Craven Cottage on a free transfer soon after the transfer window opens to bring an end to the west London club's long pursuit of the player.

Goal.com has learned that Boateng and his representatives were guests of Fulham during their home match against Reading earlier this month, when the formalities of a move were completed.

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Fulham had been on the brink of signing the 29-year-old both in January and last summer but the deal fell through on both occasions.

Boateng is believed to have even had a medical at the club's Motspur Park headquarters in January before the Cottagers enlisted lawyers to investigate the legitimacy of his contract with Ukrainian club Dnipro.

Boateng's camp claimed that his deal with Dnipro, who he joined in the summer of 2011, had been annulled but Fulham were unwilling to award him a contract until they received proof that his claim was watertight.

The midfield anchorman has been training with Greek club Olympiacos in recent months while taking his legal battle with Dnipro to Fifa.

Fulham are satisfied that the Ghana international is a free agent and that he is now available for a move to Craven Cottage.

Boateng is set to be confirmed as a Fulham player soon after the Premier League transfer window opens next Monday, when the club are also expected to announce the signing of centre-back Fernando Amorebieta.

Venezulea international Amorebieta has signed a pre-contract with the Londoners and will move to Craven Cottage when his Athletic Bilbao agreement expires at the end of the season.

As revealed by Goal.com last month, Fulham are also confident of wrapping up the signing of Roma goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg for £5 million when their Premier League status for next season is secured.
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SoCalJoe · May 14, 2013

So precisely how many defensive mids were we planning on playing?? Don't get me wrong, Boateng is more than welcome, but the club needs a string puller.

SCFulhamFan · May 14, 2013

I will wait till Sky/BBC/Guardian picks this up before I believe it. He was adamant he wasn't coming in January.

AggieMatt · May 14, 2013

I haven't seen Boateng play enough to say what type of player he is. He's listed as a cdm and his lack of goals & assists would suggest he'd be redundant for us. Maybe he's better defensively than what we've got, but he's also 30.

As for the rumor, I don't put much stock in goal.com and agree with Joe, he sounded very adamant he was going to be with Olympiakos. But we did sign The Evidence (Dikgacoi) after being linked with him for a couple years, so I guess you never know.

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