Fulham boss Martin Jol is facing crunch talks with chairman Mohamed Al Fayed.

Jol and Al-Fayed will sit down in the next two weeks to discuss the size of the summer budget that will determine whether the club will be forced to wheel and deal in the bargain basement once again.

Jol, who has one year left on his contract, said: "Every ­manager would like a few bob to spend - and we need a few bob.

"Of course next week or the week after I will sit down with the chairman and ask him what he wants. But we haven't sat down before so there was no fire, maybe a little bit of smoke."

And asked if he would still be at the club in ­August, he added: "Yes, I think so.

''But maybe the ­chairman wants to play in the top eight - then I've got a problem."