The Premier League side upped their bid on Tuesday afternoon after their initial reported offer of £2million was turned down by the Scottish league leaders on Monday.

The 30-year-old has now headed to London to discuss personal terms.

It will represent good business for Rangers who signed Cousin for around £1million from Lens last August, with the player scoring eight goals in 17 SPL games.

The club's official website, www.rangers.co.uk, confirmed: "Rangers have accepted an offer from Fulham to sell Daniel Cousin and the striker is now on his way to London to discuss personal terms.

"The Cottagers made a move last night for the 30-year-old Gabon international which was rejected by Rangers.

"Fulham then came back in again today with an improved offer and this was accepted by the club."

Cousin's departure from Ibrox could see Rangers step up their interest in Aston Villa striker Luke Moore with Martin O'Neill ready to let the 21-year-old leave if the £3.5million asking price is met.

The club have also signed Denmark midfielder Leon Andreasen from Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

The 24-year-old joined Werder in 2005 from Danish outfit Aarhus but spent January to June last year on loan at Mainz, scoring four goals in his first seven games, and earned his first international cap in March against Spain.

Andreasen said: "I am pleased that the two clubs have been able to reach an agreement to enable me to sign for Fulham.

"I enjoyed my time at Werder Bremen and am now excited by a new challenge that awaits me.

"I look forward to playing well for Fulham and competing in the Premier League."

Cottagers manager Roy Hodgson added: "He has all the attributes to succeed at the highest level and has the desire and application to perform well in every game."

Werder's general manager Klaus Allofs told the club's official website, www.werder.de: "Leon thought the possibilities of becoming a first-team player at Werder were not very positive.

"He had already spoken with us several times about a transfer and we have granted him his wish.

"We have come to an agreement with Fulham over the transfer fee."

Werder coach Thomas Schaaf added: "Leon was always somewhat impatient and wanted things to advance.

"Now he wants to seek his chance somewhere else. We wish him a lot of success in the Premier League."

Another possible new arrival is former Liverpool striker Jari Litmanen who is training with the club.

The 36-year-old will be reunited with Hodgson whom he played under when he captained Finland.

Litmanen spent 18 months at Anfield where he won the treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup in 2001 before moving on to Ajax in 2002.

He has since been with Hansa Rostock of the Bundesliga and Swedish side Malmo.

However, Fulham have had an approach for former Manchester United striker Erik Nevland turned down by FC Groningen.

Club director Hans Nijland confirmed the unsuccessful approach for the 30-year-old but indicated that Groningen were prepared to negotiate a fee for Nevland, who has hit 53 goals in 116 appearances and signed a three-year contract extension in April.

A transfer would also see Nevland reunited with Hodgson, whom he played under at Norwegian outfit Viking FK.

"The London club on Tuesday made their first offer," Nijland said. "We could not agree with their offer and now have to see what their reaction is.

"We are speaking about all this with Erik and up until now we are on the same wavelength.

"Erik also understood that we found the fee that Fulham offered us did not meet our valuation."

* RANGERS manager Walter Smith could step up his interest in Aston Villa striker Luke Moore after sanctioning Daniel Cousin's move to Fulham.

SUNDERLAND have signed defender Phil Bardsley from Manchester United on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

BIRMINGHAM manager Alex McLeish has abandoned plans to sign Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras.

PORTSMOUTH boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he would be interested in signing Liverpool's Peter Crouch.

TORINO coach Walter Novellino is hoping the club can pull off the signing of Manchester City striker Rolando Bianchi in the January transfer window.

AJAX goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg insists he will remain at the Amsterdam ArenA for the rest of the season despite reported interest from Tottenham.

Aston Villa have rejected an offer from BIRMINGHAM for central defender Gary Cahill - and Martin O'Neill insisted he is in "no hurry" to offload the player.

BORO boss Gareth Southgate is determined to tie defender David Wheater to a new contract.

WOLFSBURG have signed goalkeeper Diego Benaglio from Portuguese side Nacional on a four-year deal.

FULHAM have signed Werder Bremen midfielder Leon Andreasen on a three-and-a-half-year deal, the club have confirmed.

Struggling Bundesliga outfit SK AUSTRIA have signed striker Joseph Ngwenya from MLS champions Houston Dynamo.

Ricardo Quaresma has signed a contract extension at PORTO that will keep him at the SuperLiga club until 2011.

AJAX have completed the signing of Bruno Silva from Eredivisie rivals FC Groningen.

SCHALKE manager Andreas Muller insists midfielder Mesut Ozil has played his last game for the club.

WERDER BREMEN midfielder Daniel Jensen has signed a new contract that will keep him at the Weserstadion until June 2011.

HERTHA BERLIN have completed the signing of Serbia utility player Gojko Kacar from FK Vojvodina.

Neil Danns has joined Coca-Cola Championship promotion chasers CRYSTAL PALACE from Birmingham for an initial £600,000. The Londoners have also completed the permanent signing of LEEDS midfielder Shaun Derry for an undisclosed fee.

Ian Holloway has admitted he is aware PLYMOUTH midfielder David Norris would like to be reunited with him at LEICESTER.

IPSWICH are set to complete the signing of Alan Quinn from SHEFFIELD UNITED for around £400,000 tomorrow, subject to agreeing personal terms and his passing a medical.

HULL boss Phil Brown will attempt to thrash out a deal to sign Stephen Wright from Sunderland when the squad return from a training break in Dubai later this week.

WEST BROM manager Tony Mowbray has revealed he is casting his eye over Livingston striker Graeme Dorrans, while the agent of Baggies target Michal Danek is confident that the Viktoria Plzen goalkeeper will complete a transfer to The Hawthorns within the next 48 hours.

LEEDS boss Dennis Wise believes skipper Alan Thompson "needs to play games" after he allowed him to move to HARTLEPOOL on a month's loan.

LEICESTER have confirmed that goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen has left the club by mutual consent, while MILLWALL have completed the signing of goalkeeper Rhys Evans from BLACKPOOL.

SHEFFIELD UNITED defender Ben Starosta has joined League Two side BRADFORD on loan until the end of the season, and striker Dean Bowditch has returned to IPSWICH following a two-month loan spell with NORTHAMPTON.

PARIS ST GERMAIN are set to complete the signing of Ligue 2 top scorer Guillaume Hoarau from Le Havre on Tuesday.