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Nottingham Forest “target” Max Clark is reportedly ready to reject a contract offer from Hull City and walk away from his boyhood club.

But if the Reds are interested in signing the left-back, they may need to pay a seven-figure sum.

Clark is someone who has been on Forest’s radar, while Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem have expressed an interest in the 22-year-old and Sheffield Wednesday are also now said to be keen.

Clark’s current deal at the KCOM Stadium runs out at the end of this month. A new one has been on the table since September but remains unsigned, with the Tigers unwilling to alter their terms, according to the Hull Daily Mail.

And the Mail says that means the defender is likely to head elsewhere in the coming days.

Due to the player’s age, City would be due a compensation fee, with the report suggesting they would receive about £400,000 if Clark joined Vitesse. That would be as a result of fixed tariffs set by FIFA for a player under the age of 24 moving to another country.

But should the academy product make the move to the City Ground, the Owls, or any other English club, Hull are said to be looking for compensation of £1m.

Vitesse are managed by ex-Tigers boss Leonid Slutsky and it is claimed they are ready to better the contract offer City have put forward, as well as meet the required compensation fee.

Last week, Hull boss Nigel Adkins said of Clark: “I know his agent is desperate to take him somewhere else. I know there’s interest from a club abroad. We’ve had no offers from anybody in England.”