Opinion: Why 29-year-old’s Hull City snub may prove to be a blessing in disguise

The Acun Ilicali era seems to be well underway at the MKM Stadium, with Baz Cooper’s Hull Live mega report on Sunday evening detailing how busy things currently are at the club following the Turkish businessman’s takeover last week.

Not only is the manager changing – but their entire transfer strategy too with their focus switching from the domestic market to the whole of Europe.

That can partly be put down to the imminent lifting of the embargo they were forced to contend with in the summer, with the Tigers being limited in the business they could complete after seeing the Allam family take out a loan from the EFL and Premier League to cope with the costs of the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, this strategy switch in itself indicates a complete change of approach in East Yorkshire with Ilicali clearly looking to back imminent appointment Shota Arveladze between now and the end of the month.

For Hull fans who have seen their club up for sale for more than seven years prior to last week’s change in owners, the opening of the chequebook is perhaps well overdue for them, but the previously imminent £7m double swoop of Aleksandar Pesic and Allahyar Sayyadmanesh was a slight cause of concern for an outsider like me who has managed to stay away from most of the hype surrounding the takeover.

At this moment in time, the Tigers seem to be in a good place. Not only do they have a passionate owner at the helm now who clearly wants to see the club progress – but they seem to be financially stable and they will want to remain that way as they continue to try and assert themselves as a solid second-tier outfit.

In many peoples’ eyes, they already have that solid foundation to build on with the likes of Jacob Greaves, Keane Lewis-Potter