Hull City remain hopeful of striking a deal to sign Westerlo forward Matija Frigan in a bid to bolster their attacking ranks as the season draws ever closer, with a growing belief that a loan deal is getting close to being completed.
Frigan remains one of the City’s top summer targets and it’s understood the 22-year-old has held positive discussions with the Tigers over a move to the MKM Stadium.
The Croatian is believed to be keen on making the move to East Yorkshire and has been given the green light by the Belgian club to hold talks with Sergej Jakirovic, whom he played under at Rijeka.
City, who came from behind to beat Istanbulspor 2-1 in a friendly on Tuesday evening, are working on a host of targets as they await the outcome of their appeal to the EFL over a three-window transfer fee restriction.
The club hope to know the outcome of that appeal by the end of the month. In the meantime, they know they must arm Jakirovic with the tools to be competitive in the Championship, and bolstering a forward line that scored just 44 goals last term will be central to that.
Though the club have other options in the top third of the pitch, Frigan is right at the top of the club’s list with a loan deal most likely for now, given their transfer fee ban.
As it stands, the club cannot pay a transfer or loan fee under the terms of their EFL restriction so any deal for Frigan would need to fall under that bracket with City only paying a percentage of his wages.
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