The Hull City Gazette
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Hull City agree $37.6M for Kai Havertz
The clubs have shaken hands with Arsenal; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Hull City make their move for Svetoslav Vutsov
$8.1M on the table at Sparta Prague. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market23 Aug 2027
Hull City turn down Crewe Alexandra for Charlie Hughes
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ryan Giles asks to leave Hull City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Semi Ajayi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hull City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Brooke Norton-Cuffy signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Hull City agree another 5 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Rodrigo Bentancur in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hull City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Hull City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Joseph Harvey joins the Hull City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Harvey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Hull City promote Anthony Wright from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Hull City against Ipswich Town
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Hull City