BREAKING NEWS: Hull City massively hit the jackpot with £10m star and these 5 others

Hull City massively hit the jackpot with £10m star and these 5 others

Hull City have had their fair share of transfer successes and mishaps over the years.

And, it would be fair to say that the jury is still out regarding a number of recent recruits from the summer transfer window, with the Tigers enduring an extremely frustrating start to the Championship season.

However, with a handful of recruits showcasing future potential in the form of Charlie Hughes, Mason Burstow and Abu Kamara among others, there is genuine hope that, in time, City will have an extremely talented spine among their team.

Of course, the aim for Acun Ilicali is to take the Tigers back into the Premier League for the first time since 2017, with the ambition of attracting an abundance of high-potential and experienced stars to guide them there in the short-term.

But, with that being said, Football League World has turned the clock back and picked out six times when the East Yorkshire club hit the transfer jackpot.

Kick-starting this list is the second-highest fee paid in the club’s history, which saw Abel Hernandez swap Palermo for the MKM Stadium for a £10m sum back in August 2014.

Despite scoring on debut against West Ham United, the Uruguayan endured a difficult first campaign in the English game which yielded just four Premier League goals, before receiving a three-game ban on the final day of City’s relegation season for punching Manchester United’s Phil Jones.

However, Hernandez would become a cult hero among supporters for a stellar 2015/16 campaign, which saw him more than fill the void left by the departing Nikica Jelavic and Dame N’Doye, as he netted 22 goals in 45 games across all competitions, which included a hat-trick against Charlton Athletic in a 6-0 rout, as well as an iconic strike against Derby County in the first leg of the play-off semi-finals.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, Hernandez was once again unable to replicate such form in the Premier League in a turbulent campaign at the MKM, although he was responsible for one of the goals in a 2-0 success against Swansea City in August 2016, which saw City take maximum points from their opening two games amid major injury issues in the squad.

After suffering an injury in November 2016, Hernandez would return to action under Marco Silva after Mike Phelan’s dismissal and score three goals across the Portuguese’s first trio of outings in charge, once again finding the net against the Swans before a double against AFC Bournemouth, before scoring his fifth and last goal of the season in a 4-2 win against Middlesbrough.