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Ex-Liverpool winger Ryan Babel is close to agreeing a loan move to Fulham.
The 32 year old Dutch international is currently playing in Turkey with Beşiktaş but, according to news outlet De Telegraaf is set for a medical in London on Tuesday ahead of a move for the rest of the season to The Cottagers, who are battling relegation at the wrong end of the Premier League table.
The former Ajax player joined Liverpool in 2007 and went on to make 146 appearances for them, finding the net 22 times. Since then he has had something of an itinerant career, with spells in Germany, back in Holland, the UAE, Spain, and Turkey twice, including his current club who he joined two years ago.
He has played 54 times for his country, and recently forced his way back into the Dutch squad for their successful Nations League campaign, after a hiatus of nearly nine years.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.