Crystal Palace enquire about Everton's Demarai Gray | Fulham reject West Ham Joao Palhinha bid

Fulham have rejected a bid worth up to £45m from West Ham for midfielder Joao Pelinha. Our chief reporter Kaveh Solokur is with me now. Kaveh, West Ham seems as though they're looking to invest a big chunk of that Declan Rice money. What can you tell us? Yes, I mean, I think West Ham have got a little bit of a problem at the moment in the sense that everybody knows that they've got £105m from selling Declan Rice. They're not getting all that money at once. The bulk of it they're getting over two years. But any selling clubs out there know that West Ham have money to spend. Now, with this rejected offer for Joao Pelinha, up to £45m, I think first of all Fulham will say we don't want to sell him. Secondly, he's an absolute key player for us. He's only been at Fulham for a year. They signed him for just £20m last summer from Sporting. He's had an incredible impact in the Premier League. Marco Silva absolutely does not want to sell him. And also Fulham can turn around to West Ham and say, OK, you think Declan Rice, well, the market says Declan Rice is worth £105m. So £45m is just not enough for Joao Pelinha. OK, he's a bit older than Declan Rice. You can take that into account as well. But you're talking about an absolutely brilliant player who had an incredible impact in the Premier League last season. And Fulham absolutely do not want to sell him at all. West Ham have got other midfield targets as well. Edson Alvarez at Ajax. Again, he's going to cost more than £40m. Other clubs are interested in signing him as well. But West Ham really not wasting much time now in trying to bring in reinforcements because the Declan Rice sale went on for a little bit longer than they wanted to. And they need to make up for lost time. We also have some news on Damari Gray. What can you tell us about him? We've had quite a few phone calls about Damari Gray over the last few days. A lot of clubs interested in signing him from Everton. He's been playing for Jamaica recently. When he's played at Everton, he's impressed quite a few people who've been watching. He's only got a year left on his contract and I think Everton will listen to offers for him at the moment. We're being told one club who are watching him very closely are Crystal Palace. But I think he's also got some offers from Saudi Arabia as well. Towards the end of last week, we were getting quite a lot of information that Saudi clubs would make a move for him, perhaps not at the moment, but after August 1st. So he's a player who's in demand and I think he'll probably be leaving Everton this winter.