Hull City landed in Istanbul on Sunday evening as they began their seven-day pre-season training camp in preparation for the new Championship season.
City’s flight out of Humberside airport saw them joined by a group of lucky supporters who will be enjoying a bonus holiday in Istanbul courtesy of the club and their sponsors.
Compared to 12 months ago, City’s travelling party was largely made up of senior pros, including new signings Dillon Phillips, Reda Laalaoui and Semi Ajayi, along with trialist Jonjo Shelvey.
Amid ongoing speculation about their respective futures, the likes of Gustavo Puerta, Steven Alzate, Alfie Jones, Abu Kamara and Sean McLoughlin were on board the flight.
Ryan Giles is another with question marks hanging above his head, and he’ll hope to continue his recovery from an ankle injury in the coming days and get some valuable minutes in his legs.
Fresh from scoring the winning goal in Saturday’s behind-closed-doors friendly win over near neighbours Grimsby Town, Tyrell Sellars-Fleming was one of a host of younger players making up part of Sergej Jakirovic’s travelling party, which included Harry Vaughan.
Here’s City’s 34-man travelling party in Turkey…
Ivor Pandur
Harvey Cartwright
Dillon Phillips
Callum Yam
Lewie Coyle
Cody Drameh
Charlie Hughes
Alfie Jones
John Egan
Semi Ajayi
Cathal McCarthy
Stan Ashbee
Sean McLoughlin
Ryan Giles
James Furlong
Ed Devine
Steven Alzate
Jonjo Shelvey
Matt Crooks
Regan Slater
Gustavo Puerta
Kasey Palmer
Nathan Tinsdale
Abu Kamara
Reda Laalaoui
Eliot Matazo
Harry Vaughan
Zane Myers
Pharrell Brown
Mason Burstow
Tyrell Sellars-Fleming
Kyle Joseph
Liam Millar
Mohamed Belloumi
City’s players enjoyed a relaxing Sunday evening after arriving at Riva, before their first full training outing on Monday evening ahead of Tuesday night’s game against Istanbulspor at Riva, the headquarters of the Turkish FA.
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