Fulham will not up their offer for Birmingham City striker Cameron Jerome.
The Cottagers were, on Monday, reported to have made a £3million bid for the Blues centre-forward, one which Chris Hughton’s recently-relegated side rejected.
Jol, on Wednesday, confirmed that a bid was made but he will not be held to ransom and is now set to look at Mexico international Aldo De Nigris instead as he looks to bolster an attack that also includes Bobby Zamora, Andrew Johnson, Moussa Dembele and the versatile Clint Dempsey.
However, with Zamora having broken a hand in last week’s Europa League qualifier against RNK Split, an extra man would do no harm, -though the former West Ham man is expected to feature in this week’s return leg.
“We made a bid we thought was realistic,'' Jol said of Jerome on Sly Sports News.
Jerome has also been linked with Stoke City and Bolton Wanderers and could yet join a long list of post-relegation Blues departees. Roger Johnson, Seb Larsson, Craig Gardner, Lee Bowyer, Kevin Phillips and Barry Ferguson are among those to have left already, while Ben Foster has joined West Brom on loan and Scott Dann is also expected to leave.