Confusion reigns this morning over the status of Fulham’s interest in Olympique Lyonnais attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki.

The Sun’s football correspondent Alan Nixon broke a story yesterday suggesting that the Whites had tabled a massive £35m bid to try and bring the French under-21 international to the Premier League – and sources in France suggest that Fulham scouts have watched Cherki extensively over the past eighteen months. The Daily Mail carried an update overnight claiming that the clubs were locked in discussions about a deadline day transfer, but Nizaar Kinsella of the Evening Standard reports today that there are talks taking place at the moment.