Kit Symons thinks Bryan Ruiz will quit Fulham - provided someone is willing to shoulder the bulk of the midfielder's £45,000-a-week wages.
The Costa Rican international was one of the surprise hits of the 2014 World Cup where he scored twice for his country.
But forced to return to life in the Championship, he was first ignored by manager Felix Magath and then restored to first-team action under Symons, but made no secret of his intent to return to top-flight football somewhere in Europe.
He cost Fulham close to £7 million when bought from Twente Enschde in 2011, and the Whites would want to recoup at least half of that in straight transfer or broker a loan deal like the one that took him to PSV Eindhoven in the second half of last season.
In August, Werder Bremen, Ajax, Palermo and Olympiakos made noises about signing the 29-year-old, now Symons reckon he's got wind of fresh interest in his player.
The manager said: “There’s not been an offer as such, but interest, and I expect there to be interest in a lot of our players, because if not it means we’ve got a lot of players nobody wants.
“Bryan’s situation was made quite definite to me when I first took over, and he is possibly looking to move on. If it came about we would sit down and discuss it, but he is a player we have an option to add on an extra year (to his contract).
“If anything happens, we’ll work out the best situation for club and player.”
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