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Steve Clarke is part of a three-man shortlist to become the next Fulham boss, according to the national media.

A report in the Sun newspaper on Tuesday morning suggests Reading's manager is ‘neck and neck’ with Nigel Pearson and current Exeter boss Paul Tisdale.

A ‘Fulham insider’ is quoted as saying: “The club is looking for a long-term appointment. There’s nothing to choose between these three.”

This is not the first job Clarke has been linked to this season, he was amongst the rumoured candidates for the Sunderland vacancy before Sam Allardyce was appointed.

At that time he laughed off the rumours, saying: “My wife would kill me. She’s happy that we don’t have to move around the country.

“She’s got the chance to stay in her own house for a change.”

A move to Fulham would not be such an upheaval, however, although Reading would not want to lose their manager to a Championship rival.

Clarke was handed a two-and-a-half year contract when he took over at Madejski Stadium in December 2014, he still has 18 months of that deal remaining.