Fulham manager Scott Parker has claimed that he still expects Ryan Sessegnon to be at the club when the transfer window closes next Thursday.
The England U21 international has been heavily tipped to leave Craven Cottage this summer with a move to Spurs on the cards.
Sessegnon, who is in the final year of his contract and doesn't appear set to sign a new one, has been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for quite a while now, yet he still remains in west London on the eve of the new Championship season.
Mauricio Pochettino wants to bring in another couple of players before the deadline having only signed Tanguy Ndombele and Jack Clarke so far.
However, it appears that he may have to wait a bit longer to finally get Sessegnon unless the club submit a bid that Fulham just simply cannot refuse.
"At this present moment, I expect Ryan still to be here when the window shuts," said the Fulham boss.
"Obviously I have read the speculation. Will it affect him? That would be up to Ryan.
"It is not as if the phone has been ringing off the hook, a bid every other day for him and Fulham are turning it down, for him to have the hump.
"I had this too as a young player. But if there is one good thing about the transfer window it is that come 5 o’clock next week when the door shuts, he can’t go anywhere.
"As a player you either get your head down, or it affects you. Ryan is not that boy anyway.
"I am just looking at getting him as fit as we can and let’s see what he can do. I have spoken to him.
"The conversations have been mainly around his fitness. I don’t know how long it will be until he is ready."
