Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak is in talks to join Reading but there is interest from other Premier League clubs, his agent Oleg Artemov told R-Sport on Tuesday.
Pogrebnyak spent the second half of last season on loan at Fulham, where he had held negotiations on a permanent contract.
“We’re not just holding talks with Reading. There are other English clubs,” Artemov said.
“I think that a final decision will be taken in a week’s time.”
Artemov declined to name the other clubs he claimed were competing for Pogrebnyak’s signature.
The 28-year-old joined Fulham on loan in January from German side Stuttgart, where he is out of contract next month.
He made an immediate impression in the English Premier League with five goals in his first three games, eventually scoring six in 12 matches.
He has scored eight times in 33 international appearances for Russia, and most recently represented his country at Euro 2012.
Before joining Stuttgart, he won the Russian Premier League and UEFA Cup with Zenit St. Petersburg while playing alongside Andrei Arshavin, now at Arsenal.
