Fulham are close to a loan deal that will take misfit Kostas Mitroglou to Sporting Lisbon for a million euros.

The move will make the Greek striker the second White moving to the Portuguese giants inside a week.

Bryan Ruiz was finally removed from the Cottage books to secure a switch to one of Europe’s big clubs last Tuesday, and record signing Mitroglou is set to join him after Olympiakos, where Mitroglou was on loan last season, and Besiktas in Turkey lost the race to buy a player with just three Fulham appearances behind him.

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