Derek Boateng angles for more playing time as he could be swapping premiership football for the English Championship.

Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen has confirmed that the Ghana international has been granted permission to speak to Sky Bet Championship club Watford.

"We've looking in terms of Derek as a player that has a chance to go to the World Cup. So we've allowed him to speak to Watford," Meulensteen said.

Boateng has not enjoyed enough playing time since moving to the Premier League from Ukraine's Dnipro in June of last year.