Even though Martin Jol's former club Ajax is one of the continent’s most successful, with four European Cups to its credit, Jol believes Fulham are actually a bigger club when it comes to financial pulling power.

“Ajax have more than 50,000 at home games but it’s not hard to compete with clubs in Holland because the budgets are not that high,” he said.

“Here the television money is higher, and if I want a player and Ajax want the same player, he will probably come to Fulham.”

But Jol is also well aware that he and Fulham – and any other club for that matter – can’t hope to compete with Manchester City in the cash league.

“They have owners who are very rich,” the Dutchman added.