Hull City's Jimmy Bullard looks set to be unveiled as Paul Jewell's first Town signing on Thursday with the midfielder understood to have completed his loan switch to the Blues. TWTD was first to reveal that the 32-year-old was at Portman Road this morning for talks regarding his half-season spell which sees him reunited with Jewell, who was previously his boss at Wigan.

Sources at Hull City confirmed Town’s interest in the ex-West Ham, Peterborough and Fulham man earlier in the week with the Tigers desperate to off-loan Bullard’s £45,000-a-week wage. The one-time Gravesend and Northfleet player joined Hull from Fulham for £5 million during the Tigers’ stint in the Premier League and is contracted until 2013.

As with previous loan deals involving players on Premier League wages, such as last season’s recruitment of Daryl Murphy and David Healy, Town are likely to have agreed to pay only a proportion of the Londoner’s salary with reports in East Yorkshire suggesting the Blues will be paying only £10,000-a-week towards Bullard's salary.

Speaking after last night's game at Arsenal, chief executive Simon Clegg was typically taciturn regarding transfer speculation but told TWTD that the first deals of the transfer window were close: “I think that we are near on a couple of situations and I would expect people to be hearing some movement on what our intentions are over the next couple of days.”

Earlier in the week, Jewell revealed that the club had made two bids with Bullard and Luton's Andy Drury believed to be the players involved.

Bullard looks likely to make his Town debut when the Blues travel to Derby next Tuesday.

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AbujaBlue added 10:45 - Jan 27 I'm loving some of the comments from from Hull fans: http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/hullcityhome/hullcity/HULL-CITY-Tigers- "AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY ? HULL CITY ARE GOING TO PAY IPSWICH TOWN £35,000 POUND A WEEK SO THEY CAN USE OUR BLOODY PLAYER ? IF THIS IS TRUE, I WANT TO KNOW JUST WHO IS BEHIND THIS SCANDALOUS IDEA ? Trevor West, West Hull " :D
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smallridge4 added 11:06 - Jan 27 Yess Bullard, the playmaker of the team. Stay fit and you can be a legend.
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buryblue77 added 13:11 - Jan 27 Campag quit your moaning, there's always one on here isn't there? Violate will be a good signing for us, you expecting us to sign a Charlie Adam on a permanent are you? Managers take players who they've worked with before to new clubs, they see something in that player and that's why they signed them in the first place!!!! Get a grip please, myself and everyone else on here are upbeat about the current situation, dont try dragging us down with you!!!!

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buryblue77 added 13:14 - Jan 27 Campag quit your moaning, there's always one on here isn't there? Violate will be a good signing for us, you expecting us to sign a Charlie Adam on a permanent are you? Managers take players who they've worked with before to new clubs, they see something in that player and that's why they signed them in the first place!!!! Get a grip please, myself and everyone else on here are upbeat about the current situation, dont try dragging us down with you!!!!

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Back_The_Boss added 14:03 - Jan 27 Decent loan signing, COYB!
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