Sky believes the player is currently in London for talks with the Premier League club.

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The 25-year-old Ghana international has been at Lorient for the past two years and is viewed as being a likely replacement for Diafra Sakho, who passed a medical at Rennes on Wednesday.

Majeed Waris has been linked with a move to several clubs in the English Premier League and it is understood that Lorient had earlier rejected an 8 million pound offer from Burnly for the signature.