Tag: Hull

Hull City transfer news: Ilyas Ansah arrives as Tigers close in on Brooke Norton-Cuffy
1 September 2026 Off

Hull City transfer news: Ilyas Ansah arrives as Tigers close in on Brooke Norton-Cuffy

By Total Football News

Hull City have signed forward Ilyas Ansah from Union Berlin and agreed a £12m deal for Genoa right-back Brooke Norton-Cuffy.

English full-back Cody Drameh, who has featured in all three of Hull’s games this season, is heading in the opposite direction to Norton-Cuffy – with Genoa set to pay £3.4m.

Norton-Cuffy, 22, who has spent two years with the Serie A side, began his career at Arsenal and was part

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Coventry 0-1 Hull: ‘Not bad for the worst team in Premier League history’
30 August 2026 Off

Coventry 0-1 Hull: ‘Not bad for the worst team in Premier League history’

By Total Football News

There was a nervousness about the Sky Blues, which was picked up by boss Frank Lampard. It is something which needs eradicating quickly.

“This season was always going to be very different to last season but I sensed a bit of edge, that quality of pass and playing safe rather than play forward,” he said. “Maybe that is apprehension.

“I don’t like the excuse of it. Last week that was

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Coventry 0-1 Hull: Tigers maintain 100% Premier League start on return
29 August 2026 Off

Coventry 0-1 Hull: Tigers maintain 100% Premier League start on return

By Total Football News

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Hull City 2-0 Manchester United: Assistant Dean Holden on back five tactic
24 August 2026 Off

Hull City 2-0 Manchester United: Assistant Dean Holden on back five tactic

By Total Football News

Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic kept his plan to topple Manchester United on the Tigers’ Premier League return under wraps for weeks, assistant head coach Dean Holden told Match of the Day.

Jakirovic’s side produced a sensational 2-0 opening-weekend win over Michael Carrick’s side on Saturday while deploying a back five.

Hull were making their first Premier League appearance in nine years after coming up through the play-offs last season.

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Hull City owner Acun Ilicali ‘disturbed’ by transfer claims
23 July 2026 Off

Hull City owner Acun Ilicali ‘disturbed’ by transfer claims

By Total Football News

Hull City owner Acun Ilicali has said he is “disturbed” by claims of the club being rejected by transfer targets and, in an unusual move, attempted to clarify the situation.

The Tigers are returning to the Premier League after a nine-year absence following their victory in the Championship play-off final in May.

So far, they have signed keeper Jack Butland from Rangers, midfielder Oscar Zambrano from Maribor and defender Matt

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Hull City could face points deduction in Premier League
19 June 2026 Off

Hull City could face points deduction in Premier League

By Total Football News

Except Ilicali appears to have played his hand a little early, surrendering some of his bargaining power by openly admitting a clock is ticking.

Ilicali got Hull promoted against the odds, with the club restricted to loans and free agents in 2025-26 as punishment for making late transfer payments to other clubs.

Only the profit from any player sale would count towards the £6m overspend.

Some of their key players

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Football quiz: Can you name Hull City’s last play-off final XI?
22 May 2026 Off

Football quiz: Can you name Hull City’s last play-off final XI?

By Total Football News

It’s been a decade since Hull City last contested the Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Steve Bruce led the Tigers to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday under the arch on 28 May, 2016.

But who did he pick in his starting XI that day?

Test your knowledge of the Tigers in our quiz below.

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c74r18r3lyko

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Spygate: Hull City have been ‘collateral damage’ in play-off controversy
21 May 2026 Off

Spygate: Hull City have been ‘collateral damage’ in play-off controversy

By Total Football News

Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic has said his side have been “collateral damage” in the drama that has surrounded Southampton being thrown out of the Championship play-offs for spying.

The Tigers had been set to face the Saints for a place in the Premier League this weekend before they were expelled on Tuesday after admitting they spied on three clubs, including play-off semi-final opponents Middlesbrough, across the season.

Southampton appealed

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