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Asmir Begovic is a £4million summer target for Fulham, writes Bill Cooper.

Craven Cottage boss Martin Jol wants a keeper as a priority signing and has put the highly-rated Stoke star at the top of his wish-list.

Jol is currently in talks with Mark Schwarzer about a new deal, but the veteran Australia international won’t re-sign with the west Londoners unless he gets a guarantee that he will be first-choice again next season.

Reserve keeper David Stockdale, who is currently on loan at promotion-chasing Championship outfit Hull, has hinted at making his move to the Tigers a permanent one as he doesn’t want another year as Schwarzer's understudy.

Jol has been linked with a close-season swoop for Dutch side FC Twente’s Nikolay Mihaylov, but Begovic is his top choice.

And Begovic will push for a move from the Britannia Stadium this summer - irrespective of whether the Potters win their relegation battle.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina international, 25, is unsettled following the £3.5million capture of England international Jack Butland from Birmingham in January.

Begovic, who cost Stoke £3.25m from Portsmouth in 2010 and still has three years left on contract, knows that Butland has been bought to start next term as first choice.

The 6ft 5in shot-stopper - who has been linked with Manchester United, although that interest has reportedly cooled, and Arsenal - is not prepared to settle for bench duty, and would relish the chance of a switch to Fulham.

Leeds-born Stockdale, meanwhile, has revealed he would be happy to go back to his native Yorkshire after starring in Hull’s bid for a top flight return.

The 27-year-old, who would command a £2m fee, confirmed: "Staying at Hull permanently is a possibility. I have to think about it, especially if they go up.

“It has been very frustrating at Fulham. There have been bits here and there, but that is not down to me - it’s because they have a keeper in Mark Schwarzer who is doing very well.

“But there is a fantastic group of lads at the KC Stadium, and the team also plays great football.”

* FULHAM will offer a trial to free agent Simon Vukcevic ahead of a potential summer move, writes Ed Malyon.

The former Sporting Lisbon and Blackburn midfielder, who impressed for Montenegro in last month’s World Cup qualifier against England, left Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv by mutual consent this week.