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Fulham reject Salcido bid

May 30, 2011
By ESPNsoccernet staff

Mexican club Monterrey have had a bid rejected for Fulham defender Carlos Salcido.

Carlos Salcido
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Mexico international Salcido, 31, joined Fulham from PSV last summer in a £1.6 million deal as a replacement for Paul Konchesky, but he has struggled to adapt to England and recently revealed that he had been close to joining Chivas in January.

"In January, I had been very near to returning to Chivas," Salcido said. "Everyone knows that I support Chivas but in this moment the only thing that I want is to be with my family.

"I am not looking for a team. I did that in January but it couldn't happen. In this moment I don't know about anything."

Monterrey have now made a bid to take Salcido back to his homeland but Fulham have turned down the offer, with Mark Hughes eager to keep him at Craven Cottage.

A Monterrey statement read: "We inform you that we have received a response from Fulham Football Club of England, declining our offer to sign Carlos Salcido."