Hull City’s transfer fee restriction means the club are having to be creative with their approach to the transfer window, with free agents the way forward for the Tigers as they look to build a squad for new manager Sergej Jakirovic. Finding suitable players who are unattached to clubs is not easy, with the best players obviously already tied down to deals.
However, City are confident they can find the players they need to put a competitive squad together. One market the club have mined a lot in recent years is the Turkish Super Lig, and they could be set to do that once again if growing reports in Turkey are to be believed.
That’s because City are being heavily linked with a move for Nigerian winger David Akintola, who is currently without a club having seen his current deal at Çaykur Rizespor come to an end last month. The 29-year-old is without a club, but not without offers according to reports, with City mentioned alongside Turkish Super Lig side Genclerbilriği as the clubs currently hunting his signature.
Akintola has an offer on the table to remain in Turkey, with no word yet if City have tabled their own bid to his agent. The Tigers remain on the hunt for attacking options ahead of the start of the season, with uncertainty over a number of current squad members who could find themselves out the exit door before the transfer window closes.
Akintola’s standing as a free agent will appeal to City. Last season he played 36 times, scoring three goals with three assists in what was his one and only season at Çaykur Rizespor. Previously he made 67 appearances scoring 10 goals durig a three-year stay at Adana Demirspor.
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