Hull City are sixth in the Championship and their owner thinks they have one of the best squads in the division
Acun Ilicali has made no secret of the fact he wants to take Hull City back to the Premier League – but insists he is not desperate for that to happen this season.
The Tigers have overcome a turbulent summer to build a squad and find a head coach capable of making their owner’s dream become a reality.
Saturday’s 3-1 win at Millwall was their third in four games and lifted Sergej Jakirovic’s side to sixth in the table and right into the Championship play-off picture.
Their Turkish owner appeared on talkSPORT and outlined how pleased he is with his squad – and explained what he wants from this season.
“First, I wanted to make a team, a family team that everybody enjoys and wants to play there and what we’ve managed now, I think, the players want to come to us,” Ilicali told the White and Jordan show.
“They are talking to other players to come to us. One player is so happy, he brings new players, so I can say now that our squad is one of the best squads in the Championship.
“You will see that our players are extremely good. Unfortunately, we had three ACLs last year which affected us so big.
“Now they are coming from the injury, I can say that as squad power we are in maybe top six for sure, and my aim, my target is of course Premier League, but for this year I just wanted improvement from them.
“I put a target like top ten for this year because I want improvement but I’m sure that Hull will be in a place where all the fans will be proud, because our fans are so beautiful, so supportive I can say that I’m proud of them.
“So I will give everything, everything to take this club to Premier League, where it has to be with this beautiful city and with these beautiful fans. But I can say that I just came over in a position that I’m really happy.”
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