Hull City thread
source - somewhere off the web According to reports, newly-promoted Hull City are going to break their club transfer record, by bringing Turkish International Colin Kazim-Richards to the KC Stadium next season.
Promoted through the play-offs at Wembley in May, the Tigers are hoping to land the transfer of Kazim-Richards, for a fee believed to be in the region of �2million.
Hull have just had a similar bid turned down by Championship side Plymouth Argyle for Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi, and could go back with a revised offer, with Plymouth valuing Halmosi at �3million.
21-year-old Kazim-Richards, currently preparing to face Portugal at EURO 2008, made 27 appearances for Sheffield United in the Premier League before moving to Turkish side Fenerbache last summer, and has tasted Champions League football, scoring his first goal for them against Chelsea.
Hull manager Phil Brown is also interested in Tottenham Hotspur defender Anthony Gardner, the 27-year-old is expected to be part of Spurs boss Juande Ramos�s summer clearout, and has fallen down the pecking order at White Hart Lane.
"There's interest from us," Brown told the Hull Daily Mail.
"The lad's got a proven Premier League pedigree and is available at the right transfer fee.
"How far we take the interest will be decided more than anything on if he wants to come up here. But we have made it clear to him and his club that we are interested
Consider the comparison with top ten clubs signings....for example Spurs, Man City let alone top four. Would Kazim Kazim turn out for Chelski third team?
Signing look like those for an aspiring Championship promotion campaign?!
If I were a Hull fan and living anywhere near the ground I would be rushing to get a season ticket!
i realise that you aren't niggling oprew, you col u lads have always been fair-minded and always good to have someone other than Toffeeman and Oztiger (fine chaps though they are ) to yak with
Italian international Christian Vieri will quit Serie A to sign a �10,000 per week deal with Premier League new boys Hull City. (Daily Star 1230 BST)
well vieri should feel at home among the pork pies, yorkshire puddings and haddock and chips
well vieri should feel at home among the pork pies, yorkshire puddings and haddock and chips
The Tigers have held talks with Brazilian international Geovanni, who left Manchester City recently.
City are also understood to be speaking to Dutch midfielder George Boateng about a move from Middlesbrough.
And their chances of signing Bernard Mendy have improved and they are set to beat Sampdoria and Werder Bremen to the French international's signature. <!-- E SF -->
Sources within the club have revealed that Tigers boss Phil Brown has flown to Holland to talk to Boateng with a view to signing him from Boro.
The talks to bring Geovanni and ex-Bolton player Mendy to the KC Stadium are at an advanced stage and they could both join the club at the pre-season training camp in the Italian Alps by the weekend.
According to reports, 28-year-old Brazil international Geovanni, who is released upon the expiry of his one-year deal at City, has agreed a two-year deal with the Tigers subject to a medical.
Assistant manager Brian Horton told BBC Radio Humberside: "He's got a very good track record so I think he'll be an excellent signing for us.
"We've heard a lot about him and spoken to quite a few people, but we saw him ourselves so we know the player."
Mendy, meanwhile, is expected to leave Paris St-Germain this summer to return to the Premiership. He had played for Bolton on loan in 2002-03.
Horton said: "He's on his way out here. He's not signed but it is virtually agreed so again he's a good acquisition.
"Phil Brown knows him well. He's played for big clubs and he wants to get back in the French national team - he thinks by playing in the Premier League he could fulfil that ambition."
ah sinz, source of all knowledge -
given that it took them a few years to work out the difference between a hoop and a stripe i'd say we were comfortable winners