Former Town loanee Jimmy Bullard has been suspended for two weeks by Hull City, according to reports in East Yorkshire. The midfielder was left out of the Tigers side which won 2-1 at Winterton Rangers this evening.

After the game, amid rumours that last season’s Town Player of the Year had been suspended for a fortnight, manager Nigel Pearson said only: "I've got no comment to make."

The Hull local press is reporting that the suspension is due to an incident which took place on the club's pre-season trip to Slovenia. The club are expected to make a statement this morning.

When asked about the £45,000-a-week midfielder’s future earlier on Tuesday, Pearson said merely: “There's nothing to add at this point. This conversation is going nowhere so we'll leave it at that."

The one-time England call-up, who has two years left on his contract which makes up 21% of Hull's wage bill, has been linked with a switch to QPR in recent weeks, while the Blues may well be monitoring his situation despite manager Paul Jewell previously ruling them out due to the financial aspects of the move.

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Liverpool_blu added 00:08 - Jul 21 Spend some of the Connor Money, and buy the man.....
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Garv added 00:12 - Jul 21 Well it sounds bizarre but if it was complete rubbish as it seemed when I first read it Pearson would surely have dismissed it. Not sure if this will make any difference in terms of us signing him as it seems Bullard holds all the cards, if he says he will take a pay cut and we offer hull a decent fee he will come. Same situation will QPR I suppose.
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Campag_Velocet added 00:20 - Jul 21 Liverpool_blu: Bullard's contract with Hull is worth over £4.5m to him. In order to sign, we'd need to come close to it or match it. That's not the sort of money we should be spending on an injury prone 32 year old - regardless of how good he was last season.
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robdaful added 00:21 - Jul 21 He's not our player so this news doesn't matter. Sorry Phil.
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MarkITFC added 00:26 - Jul 21 come on PJ , sign the Man up ! , he will win games on his own with pure class , Cardiff for example , he is the creative midfielder we need .. Bowyer Bullard Leadbitter Martin a Dimond midfield with that class init with chops up top were sorted going forward ! its got pace , creativity , Strengh and energy , goals coming from all of them ... please just try and sign him up !

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BlueMaverick added 00:27 - Jul 21 But its still news worthy as so many people are discussing it on the forum!
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Guthrum added 00:31 - Jul 21 Well that's saved them £90k! Don't think either player or club are going to enjoy the next two seasons unless Bullard can move on somewhere else.
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Karlosfandangal added 01:01 - Jul 21 Bottom line is Hull have made a balls up they paid £5 million and offered a £9 million contract for him and it has come back to bite them in the bottom If town offered Jimmy 45k a week and 2 to 3 year contract he would come and Hull would let him go for free best we could offer would be 20k to 25k so Jimmy will want a pay off from Hull I would say of any where between 1 to 2 million so Hull will want a fee for him or Jimmy can sit on the bench at Hull and get 4.5 million over the next 2 years he did great for us last year but not worth breaking the bank just to get him. He is out of our reach best we can hope for is Hull will let him out on loan on the same as last year but can't see that happening toll the transfer window is about to shut

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Eireannach_gorm added 02:10 - Jul 21 2 week loan deal? ;)
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bizman added 06:18 - Jul 21 Yes Please. Jimmy Bullard is a legend. Problem is how long will he be good for? Maybe 2 more seasons. That's why we should wait and try get him for the least amount possible then spend some cash on other players. We desperately need some new defenders. Quality defenders at that
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bizman added 06:19 - Jul 21 Who's with me?!
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felixblue added 06:27 - Jul 21 Trust me he will not kick another ball for Hull, There has to be a payment triggered if he does i mean we all had a look at what he could do in a game are you telling me if you were the Hull manager you wouldn't play him ? When Hull were doing ok last season he could have pushed them on to the playoff's, This is just a way that Hull can look good to their fans when they let the troublesome Bullard go on a free and giving him a payoff.

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bizman added 07:01 - Jul 21 Good point felixblue. I hope this is the case!
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TractorMan added 07:30 - Jul 21 One way to save Hull 90k! I agree with felix that he was never going to play for Hull again as it triggers a payment to Fulham.
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itfc1981 added 07:30 - Jul 21 far to old and injury prone
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blueblood_soldier added 07:45 - Jul 21 West Ham have signed Matt Taylor!! another good buy at 2 mil!!
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WoodfordTim added 07:46 - Jul 21 Wonder if Hull will now use this as a starting point to crank it all up to eventually cancel his contract? Jimmy has to be a good boy and not say anything if he wants to keep his £45k a week deal in place. I wonder also if anything will develop from this.......
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svendust added 07:53 - Jul 21 Hardly putting him in the shop window, surely suspending for unprofessional behaviour will put other clubs off, which will improve our chances of signing him!
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Dissboyitfc added 07:54 - Jul 21 if bullard wants to play first team football anywhere, he is going to have to take a massive pay cut, we all know the answer to that. We cannot break the bank for this guy.HE is not the only creative midfielder in the world, there must be a player out there, even outside of europe who would come for a fraction of what bullard costs. Come on guys lets move on from this now, please.... COYB

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TractorRoyNo1 added 07:58 - Jul 21 get real - for how much and on what wage ? Liverpool_blu added 00:08 - Jul 21 Spend some of the Connor Money, and buy the man.....
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TractorRoyNo1 added 08:00 - Jul 21 sill comment, if you only want to know about OUR players - ie not ones we might buy - then best you only read the club's official website robdaful added 00:21 - Jul 21 He's not our player so this news doesn't matter. Sorry Phil.
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bluearmy89 added 08:00 - Jul 21 Thats one way Jimmy for a securing a move away from Hull. Hull missed a trick here, they could have banned him for 4 weeks and saved £180,000!
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bedsitfc added 08:03 - Jul 21 if this is true do we really need that sort of thing in our squad yes he was very good for us last season in a very poor town side. its a lot of money for one player i would be happy only with a loan with an early termination clause.
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Bergholtblue added 08:14 - Jul 21 That's the trouble with not having an agent, you have to be here there and everywhere doing your own negotiations. He will sign for QPR within the week.
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50yearsablue added 08:16 - Jul 21 Depending on the nature of his contract and the degree of his misdemeanour, Hull might still have to pay him during suspension
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