Premier League promotion chasers Fulham will have to pay £20million to sign Newcastle United loan star Aleksandar Mitrovic on a permanent deal.

The west London club are aware that Newcastle are willing to sell the striker with Rafa Benitez hopeful of securing a significant fee that he can reinvest.

Mitrovic cost £13m when he joined Newcastle but the North East side want to make a healthy profit, while the player himself is keen to stay at Craven Cottage.

Fulham will have to pay £20m to sign Newcastle loan star Aleksandar Mitrovic permanently

Slavisa Jokanovic's use of his fellow Serb has seen the 23-year-old striker become prolific in the Championship.

Mitrovic joined on the final day of January's transfer window and has scored 12 goals in his last 13 games, helping Fulham towards Sunday's final day showdown.

Fulham face Birmingham away and for them to achieve automatic promotion, they have to better Cardiff's result at home to Reading.