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As recently as last year Hull avoided relegation to League One only on goal difference.
Fast-forward 16 months and they are now going toe to toe with the big names of the Premier League.
The turnaround can be traced back to the arrival of Jakirovic before last season.
The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them
Sheffield United could incur a 12-point deduction after the company used to buy the club was placed into liquidation by the High Court on Wednesday.
COH Sports Bidco Limited (CSBL) agreed to purchase the Championship club for just over £100m in December 2024 but about £35m was still owed on the deal.
A winding-up petition was filed last month against CSBL by United World – the club’s former owners.
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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
And finally, what would have happened if the Championship season was split into two halves?
It was Norwich who produced the biggest recovery. The Canaries would have been relegated in 23rd position after 23 games.
But they would have been fifth – and into the play-offs – based on the second half of the campaign, highlighting the excellent job Philippe Clement did after replacing Liam Manning as boss in November
Ipswich started the game well and had a great chance to open the scoring when Kasey McAteer was slipped in down the right and found George Hirst in the box, but his shot ended up being blocked behind for a corner.
The Blues had a brilliant effort well saved just before the half-hour mark when Millenic Ali let fly from 25 yards with a thunderous right-footed effort that had to
Swansea head coach Vitor Matos:
“We had chances, we didn’t score. That shows that in this kind of game, being clinical is massive, having the mental focus in that kind of situation is massive.
“That’s something we need to improve. For 30 minutes I think we were a good team who properly pushed Coventry in moments they didn’t like.
“Cross bar, post, good chance for Franco as well, then a
Sheffield Wednesday will be handed a 15-point deduction for next season in League One if a deal with their new preferred bidder goes through.
Administrators have begun an exclusive period of negotiation with American private equity company Arise Capital Partners.
However, Arise’s offer would not meet the EFL’s requirement to repay creditors 25p in the pound, which would mean the Owls starting life back in League One with a significant
Bristol City looked the more dangerous side during an uninspiring first half-hour, with the bustling Sinclair Armstrong twice firing wide and Riis denied by a timely block from ex-Robins full-back Jay Dasilva.
But the leaders struck when the influential Ephron Mason-Clark released Dasilva on the left and he weaved his way into a crossing position, supplying Sakamoto for a header that Radek Vitek failed to keep out.
However, Mason-Clark was
Millwall midfielder Massimo Luongo says they are not getting ahead of themselves in the Championship play-off race – and even celebrated hitting the 50-point mark.
The Lions are fifth in the table with a six-point advantage over Preston in seventh and trail second-placed Coventry by five points.
“It is [going well] but there is a little joke going around, we celebrate 50 points,” Luongo told BBC’s Football Daily 72+ podcast