Fulham are ready to make a surprise move to bring Danny Murphy back to the club – and give him a job behind the scenes.
Veteran midfielder Murphy quit Craven Cottage at the end of last season to join Blackburn on a lucrative contract, but now he could head back to his ‘home’.
Murphy is in talks to cancel his deal at Blackburn after being stripped of the captaincy and left out of the first-team training group ahead of an early exit.
And Fulham have lined up a post for him, with some coaching duties and promotional work for the London club – who have been trying to tempt him back recently.
Murphy, who has been taking his coaching badges, has just moved into a new house in the capital and would prefer to return after an unhappy spell in Lancashire.