Thomas Smith

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Hull City U18
29 Aug 2026
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The Hull City Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Transfer targets

Hull City make their move for Max Johnston

$11.2M on the table at Derby County. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market

Regan Slater turns Tranmere Rovers down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets

Hull City make their move for Lamare Bogarde

$2.2M on the table at Aston Villa. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

Hull City bid $2.2M for Fedor Lapoukhov

The offer went to CSKA Sofia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Boardroom

Hull City go back to the board over Lamare Bogarde

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $2.4M — a club that wants Lamare Bogarde enough to be asked twice.

Squad

A falling-out at Hull City

Tim Iroegbunam and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

4 academy players handed senior numbers at Hull City

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Transfer targets

West Bromwich Albion tell Hull City: Tammer Bany is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Hull City get the job done against Sheffield Wednesday

A 2‑0 win over Sheffield Wednesday, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief