“It would be more of a luxury” – Hull City fan pundit speaks out on Shota Arveladze’s view on free agent signings

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Hull City will be desperate to ensure that they avoid the drop back down to League One this year – but it doesn’t look like they’ll be consulting the free agent market to help them do so.

The Tigers were in the middle of a takeover in January and it meant that business had to be done quickly and in the second half of the month. They managed to bring in some exciting players, with Marcus Forss arguably the highlight of the signings for them during the winter window.

The club are struggling though to pick up many points under boss Shota Arveladze and it means that some have questioned if he should also look to the free agent market to add some fresh faces to his team and help ensure they stay afloat in the Championship come the end of the campaign.

The new Tigers boss though has told Hull Live that he would ‘be surprised’ if the club added any free agents to their ranks, meaning it looks like the new manager is happy with his squad and won’t be adding to it until summer.

Now, FLW’s Hull City fan pundit Ant Northgraves has agreed with the new manager, believing that their current side would be largely better off without new – and potentially ageing – players into the mix.

He said: “In terms of looking at the free agent market, I’m not entirely surprised but if we were to delve into it and maybe collect an experienced centre-half if there was one available, players, to me, are usually a free agent for a reason.

“To me, if it has come to February time and they haven’t got a club, you need to start questioning