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City know they must be proactive in the transfer market to give themselves the best chance of competing in the top-flight
Former Tiger Liam Delap is one of the many players linked with a move to the MKM Stadium (Image: Chelsea Football Club/Getty)
Hull City are preparing for an eagerly anticipated campaign in the Premier League, but before that happens in late August, the Tigers will need to be busy in the transfer market.
The Tigers are expected to make as many as 10 new signings to give Sergej Jakirovic a squad boosted with the quality required to compete in the world’s biggest league.
Naturally, no sooner had City beaten Middlesbrough with Oli McBurnie’s dramatic stoppage-time winner at Wembley than the transfer chatter had begun.
Here’s a round-up of the players so far linked with moves to the Premier League newboys….
- Nick Pope, goalkeeper, Newcastle United
- Lukas Hornicek, 23, goalkeeper, Braga
- Marvin Keller, 23, goalkeeper, Young Boys
- Konstantinos Tzolakis, 23, goalkeeper, Olympiacos
- Dimitris Giannoulis, 30, left-back, FC Augsburg
- Luca Pellegrini, 27, left-back, Lazio
- Roland Sallai, 29, right-back, Galatasaray
- Taylor Harwood-Bellis, 24, central defender, Southampton
- Toni Fruk, 25, midfielder, Rijeka
- Anto Sekongo, 22, midfielder, Dunkerque
- Hayden Hackney, 23, midfielder, Middlesbrough
- Yacine Titraoui, 22, midfielder, Charleroi
- Rokas Pukštas, 21, midfielder, Hajduk Split
- Dan Neil, 24, midfielder, Sunderland
- Luka Stojkovic, 22, winger, Dinamo Zagreb
- Arbër Hoxha, 27, winger, Dinamo Zagreb
- Luis Fernando Carrero, 19, attacking midfielder, Maribor
- Alvaro Rodriguez, 21, striker, Elche
- Callum Wilson, 34, striker, West Ham
- Liam Delap, 23, striker, Chelsea