Fulham are considering a move to sign Swedish striker Jusef Erabi from Hammarby as they struggle to sign players to supplement Marco Silva’s squad.

Silva is seeking a new striker to challenge Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Muniz this season but the Whites have failed to land a number of targets. Erabi, a Stockholm-born 6ft striker, has shone since breaking into Hammarby’s first-team squad in 2020. He had been left out of Kim Hellberg’s side last month as several Serie A sides and Lens looked at an £8.5m deal but he has returned to the team to score the winner as Bajen came from behind to beat Värnamo before scoring as Hammarby stunned Charleroi in the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday night.

Erabi is among a number of names on a shortlist of strikers that the Cottagers are considering. The situation is complicated by the fact that Hammarby are in the running for their first Allsvenskan since 2001 and face Rosenborg in the next round of the Conference League on Thursday. A deal would be contingent on the Whites committing to spend around £10m on the striker as well as loaning him back to Hammarby until the end of the Swedish season.

Hammarby don’t want to lose one of their key players at a crucial stage of their domestic and continental campaign and are mindful of what happened to the last promising striker they sold to Fulham. Bjorn Runstrom joined the Whites at nineteen after being scouted by Chris Coleman – but made just one first-team appearance and eventually returned to Bajen three years later.