Murphy, 35, joined Fulham from Tottenham in 2007, but with his contract set to expire at the end of the season, the Dutch boss is keen to tie him down to a new deal.

"He is part of our playing culture," Jol said. "He is our link-up player and if he is not there you get a different style. He is very important to our playing culture.

"But of course, Danny is not 22 or 18 like (Kerim) Frei so sometimes you have to create your own options.

"(I can see him staying for at least another year) if we can agree on the terms as we have offered him a new deal."

Murphy is not the only Fulham player in the middle of contract negotiations.

Andrew Johnson, Brede Hangeland, Moussa Dembele and Clint Dempsey are all discussing new deals, with the latter still being critical to Jol's plans having scored 19 goals this season.

 "We are talking to Clint, we are talking to several players," Jol said.

"We will probably see at the end of this month but, on the other hand, it is not a crucial thing.

"Clint is still here next year so I think time is on our side. He has been very important because if your strikers are scoring 15 goals and you have a player like Clint we would be even higher in the league.

"But you can't imagine a situation if Clint had not been here."

Jol added: "Luckily enough we have Pavel (Pogrebnyak) and he scored in his first three games so that helped.

"I feel with Clint, Pavel, Bryan Ruiz - who will hopefully get his form like he used to have - and Mousa Dembele, we will hopefully score a couple of goals and then we're on our way."