Kevin Mbabu is set to join Danish champions FC Midtjylland on a free transfer from Fulham.
The Switzerland international has completed a medical and will sign a two-year contract. Fulham will retain a 50 per cent sell on clause.
Mbabu was signed in the summer of 2022 from Wolfsburg for an initial €5.5million (£4.7m; $5.8m), rising to €7.5m with add-ons. His time at the club immediately ran into difficulty, as despite a few early appearances, he fell out of Marco Silva’s plans. He then missed a space in Switzerland’s World Cup squad.
The former Newcastle United defender made just six Premier League appearances and one league start, during which he was substituted at half-time. He spent the second half of the 2022-23 season on loan at Servette, in Switzerland, before joining Bundesliga side Augsburg on loan last term.
He was not given a shirt number this season and did not take full part in Fulham’s first team pre-season.
Fulham are also hoping to move on Carlos Vinicius, another player who was not handed a shirt number this summer. He has been in talks with Brazilian side Red Bull Bragantino.
Fulham have signed Jorge Cuenca, Sander Berge, Joachim Andersen, Ryan Sessegnon and Emile Smith Rowe during this transfer window. Silva is hoping the club can sign one more player, a winger, before the deadline.
“I’m confident we can get the last player, the last piece, a player for the wide areas of our attack,” Silva said yesterday. “We are trying our best to get the right player in.”
