FULHAM boss Martin Jol has opened talks with David Stockdale about sending the young keeper out on loan.

With Mark Schwarzer confirmed as the club's number one for the forthcoming campaign, England international Stockdale's chances of first-team football at Craven Cottage look slim.

So Jol looks set to make Stockdale available for a loan and bring in a number two as his replacement.

He said: " Mark Schwarzer is a great goalkeeper, one of the best I’ve seen,the number one.

“The only situation with [David] Stockdale is that he’s a very young goalkeeper and he did ever so well when he came in last year.

"So, the only discussion we’ve got with the player is should he play, should he go on loan somewhere, or do you want to keep him as a number two.

“If you make a decision to put him on loan then you need another goalkeeper, a number two.

“I won’t sell him, we’ll never sell him, because I think his future is bright.

"But the only thing is, if you make the decision to play him every week, we need a club which will promise me he will play every week.”

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