Fulham have beaten West Ham to the signature of Konstantinos Mitroglou from Olympiakos.

Mitroglou has agreed a four-and-a-half-year contract worth £40,000 a week at Craven Cottage.

It is believed the Whites have paid a club-record fee of £12.5million to sign the Greek hitman on transfer deadline day.

The fee eclipses the £11.5million deals paid out for Steve Marlet in 2001 and Andy Johnson in 2008, who arrived from Everton.

“I’m very happy that I’m here in the Premier League, and especially with Fulham which is a major club in the league,” Mitroglou told the official Fulham website.

 “I’m here because I want to fulfil the Club’s targets and I want to help the Club achieve their goals. I was really flattered that they wanted me so badly and I’m really happy to be here.

“I’m really happy that I will work with René Meulensteen. I know that he has a lot of experience in football. He explained to me how he works and I am really looking forward to working with him.

“I also spoke to Giorgos [Karagounis] before I came here and he told me only the best things about Fulham.”

Mitroglou, who will remain Craven Cottage until the summer of 2018, is expected to replace Berbatov in the Fulham attack as the Bulgarian is set to sign for Monaco.