Midfielder Jimmy Bullard’s Hull City exit appears to have been as a result of an incident involving Tigers’ goalkeeper-coach Joe Corrigan, who left the club at the weekend. Bullard, who was suspended by the East Yorkshire side in July for a disciplinary matter during a pre-season trip to Slovenia which eventually led to his contract being terminated, joined the Blues on a two-year deal last Thursday.
Speaking after Hull’s 1-0 victory over Reading at the weekend, manager Nigel Pearson said: "Joe Corrigan is leaving us so we'll be looking for another goalkeeping coach.
"I'd like to thank him for his efforts. He leaves as a direct consequence of our incidents in pre-season surrounding a player that has left the club.
"You can read into that how you want. It's a shame for football that a man of Joe's calibre and a coach of his calibre feels he can no longer work here."
The Hull Daily Mail says 62-year-old former England and Manchester City keeper Corrigan’s resignation is related to what they call "a serious altercation with Jimmy Bullard” during the trip to Slovenia.
Bullard has until Wednesday to launch an appeal against the termination of his contract with the 32-year-old saying the issue was "in my lawyers’ hands” after rejoining the Blues last week.