Nordsjaelland have rejected a bid from Fulham to sign defender Jores Okore in January, according to the player's agent.

The 20-year-old has come on the radar of a number of clubs in Europe for his performances for the Danish side in the Champions League this season.

"I heard that Fulham made an offer to sign Okore but his club rejected the proposal," Nikola Juric told Expressen.se. "A lot of teams are interested in him. Half of the clubs in the Premier League are after him, so is Lyon and many others.

"He is only 20 years old. If he signs with a club in England, he obviously won't be expecting to be playing regularly right away.

"So he knows that he has to be thorough sorting through all these offers and, for him, the most important thing is that a new club has a plan for him."

Okore, born in the Ivory Coast, has played four international matches for Denmark.