Sporting Lisbon are ready to battle Liverpool for £8m-rated Scotland and Hull City full-back Andrew Robertson. (Sun)
Maloney's a surprise... New Deal Offered To Shaun Maloney As Alex Bruce Departs Club Alex Bruce heads a list of players who will leave the Tigers once their contracts expire at the end of June. The Club has confirmed its ‘retained’ and ‘released’ lists, with Bruce set to depart after almost five years at the KCOM Stadium. The defender made 104 appearances in that time, helping the team to win promotion from the Championship in 2012/13 and 2015/16. Academy players Luke Lofts, Bradley Maslen-Jones and Johan Ter Horst, along with Academy scholar Stephen Akbas, have also been released. We wish all of the above players well for their future careers and thank them for their efforts in a black and amber shirt. Shaun Maloney, who is also set to see his current contract expire at the end of next month, has been offered a new deal for next season, as have youngsters Jonathan Edwards and Harvey Rodgers who both spent the second half of the 2016/17 campaign on loan at Accrington Stanley. Released Alex Bruce Luke Lofts Brad Maslen-Jones Johan Ter Horst Stephen Akbas (Scholar) New Contracts Offered Shaun Maloney Jonathan Edwards Harvey Rodgers Returning To Parent Club Omar Elabdellaoui Lazar Markovic Dieumerci Mbokani Oumar Niasse Alfred N’Diaye Andrea Ranocchia Professionals for 2017/18, as of May 2017 Eldin Jakupovic Will Mannion David Marshall Allan McGregor Ellis Barkworth Josh Clackstone Adam Curry Curtis Davies Michael Dawson Brandon Fleming Brian Lenihan Harry Maguire Robbie McKenzie Moses Odubajo Lewis Ritson Andy Robertson Will Annan Dan Batty Jarrod Bowen Max Clark Sam Clucas Ahmed Elmohamady Evandro Kamil Grosicki Tyler Hamilton Markus Henriksen Tom Huddlestone Ryan Mason David Meyler Greg Olley James Weir Adama Diomande Abel Hernandez Ben Hinchliffe Will Keane Greg Luer Scholars, as of May 2017 Charlie Andrew William Chadwick Charlie Dunkerley Elliot Holmes Marc Kelledy Ahmed Salam Jonathan Saltmer Max Sheaf Joshua Thacker Joshua Tymon Mason Wilson-Rhiney http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/...departs-club-3724281.aspx#xLOCKQrWu2hFAduH.99
Actually Relevant Players for 2017/18, excluding those who'll obviously leave Eldin Jakupovic Will Mannion David Marshall Allan McGregor Curtis Davies Michael Dawson Moses Odubajo Jarrod Bowen Evandro Markus Henriksen Tom Huddlestone Ryan Mason David Meyler Greg Olley James Weir Adama Diomande Abel Hernandez Will Keane Greg Luer
We'll need to sign almost an entire defence, which means yet again the lacklustre strikeforce won't get the attention it needs.
Huh? Robertson/Tymon Davies Dawson Elmo/Odubajo We'll certainly need to sign a couple of players, but no way an entire defence. We can hopefully bring through a few youngsters as backups too.
I just deleted players who obviously won't play for us next season from the club's list. Tymon didn't even make the club's list for some reason. Elmo was one I deleted since he seems very likely to be on his way. That left 3 defenders.
We can but hope, although doubt he'd be good enough for a top team, so we're probably stuck with him. Might be a Roko in the Championship though, so could be useful.
I'd also put a question mark against Odubajo, Keane and Mason. Mason - Will he play again? Odubajo - Rumoured to have damaged the same knee again Keane - Third cruciate injury? That's a lot of injuries on the same knee for a young player and the demands of modern football. Gut feeling is if we see 1 or 2 of those back this season I'd be surprised.