Friday 17 May 2013 15:15, UK
Fulham manager Martin Jol has dismissed reports suggesting he will leave the club in the summer.
One player definitely at Fulham next season is right-back Sascha Riether after German club Cologne on Thursday confirmed he had made his loan spell permanent. "We agreed a deal with Cologne so he will stay here," Jol said. "We took the option, we spoke to them. "Of course we had that option last year and we took it before May 15 so he will be our player next year." While Riether's future is sorted, Jol is still speaking to Fulham chief executive officer Alistair Mackintosh about others whose contracts soon expire. One such player is veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who last week claimed there had been no offer on the table to extend his stay past the summer. "We made an offer to them and he did not accept that," Jol said. "We will hope to talk with him as well. There is no deadline with him."