Town reportedly remain favourites to sign Hull City winger Jaden Philogene, despite yesterday’s late move by his former club Aston Villa.

The Blues have agreed a double deal with the Tigers for Philogene and central defender Jacob Greaves understood to be worth between £35 and £40 million up front plus add-ons.

The Greaves deal is all but done but there continues to remain a question regarding the acquisition of Philogene, whose valuation is understood to be £18 million of the overall deal.

Yesterday, Villa, who sold the 22-year-old to Hull for £5 million a year ago, activated the matching rights clause in that deal.

But, according to Hull Live, the Blues remain the favourites to sign the England U21 international with the move having looked on track to go through with personal terms agreed prior to Villa joining the hunt.

In a surprise move, Philogene has now joined up with the Hull squad for their pre-season camp in Türkiye, he and Greaves having initially stayed behind.

Villa’s matching rights allowed them to equal any offer the Tigers received within 72 hours. Should Town - or any other club with Everton understood to remain keen - make an increased offer, the Midlanders will then have to decide whether to remain in the race.

It’s understood that the deal which saw Philogene move to East Yorkshire last summer included a 30 per cent sell-on, while personal terms for his potential return were pre-agreed.

Philogene, who has two years left on his Hull contract with the club having an option for another season, joined Villa’s academy from the Pro:Direct Academy and spent spells on loan with Stoke and Cardiff City prior to making his £5 million switch to the MKM Stadium a year ago.

The Greaves side of the deal is all but done but awaiting the completion of the Philogene move.

Town, who have already added Omari Hutchinson and Ben Johnson to their squad this summer, look set to complete the addition of Manchester City’s Liam Delap today.

As revealed yesterday, Delap has undergone his medical and agreed personal terms at Portman Road.

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Europablue added 11:15 - Jul 11 algarvefan You should just tune out because the stakes are higher up here and there is a lot of drama that goes along with it.
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Karlosfandangal added 11:25 - Jul 11 He is one player Town are after.. there will be another 5 or 6 or more on the way other than the 2 Hull lads and Delap. Town are about 10 players short from the squad they had last season…..Jackson Moore Ball etc So they will need a bigger squad to cope with the Prem
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BlueySwede added 11:26 - Jul 11 Hope we get him, but I am sure that McKenna and Ashton has a plan B if we don´t.
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blues1 added 11:32 - Jul 11 Why are some on here saying both players have gone to Turkey? No, only Philogene has. Sure theres a perfectly simple explanation as to why. Likely just means, rather thsn just sitting around, sorting his futurexout, he'll be taking part in training, getting his fitness uo to speed.
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ArnieM added 12:22 - Jul 11 Why would the player now go off on pre season with Hull, if everything is agreed to come here?
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dirtydingusmagee added 12:28 - Jul 11 I think the way MA works there will be an announcement at some point this week that a coach load of new signings have arrived lol, he keeps things under his hat and moves in mysterious ways does Mark.Philogene may just be a decoy and some thing to keep fans entertained in meantime. Clear a space in car park !
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Positive_Vibes added 12:28 - Jul 11 Let’s hope we have alternatives lined up in case this doesn’t happen.
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ipswichdave added 12:34 - Jul 11 Very very bored of this now.
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AlpineBlue added 12:35 - Jul 11 Europa, perhaps I've misunderstood the whole thing but if he comes to us, Everton or Palace, Hull will get 18 million, and if he goes to Villa around 13-14 million.
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blues1 added 12:41 - Jul 11 ArnieM. Maybe as I said to be able to train and keep up his fitness. Or maybe he's just travelled over to say goodbye to his teammates. Or could just bexthat Hull have instructed him to go, as as it stands, hes still their player
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blues1 added 12:43 - Jul 11 Alpineblue. No. Whichever way hull will only get the same amount. If he goes to villa, they get a 30% discount on the actual fee. If he comes here, or goes to Everton, villa get 30% of the fee.
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Hunterblue added 13:13 - Jul 11 Patience everyone there are a lot of elements involved in this a it will take time.
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joyousblue added 13:26 - Jul 11 Can we just have a news blackout as im sick of seeing the same photo same headline
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Alphawhiskey added 13:40 - Jul 11 Can anyone ship some more 'oil' to M Ashton.......
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stiffy501 added 14:12 - Jul 11 Time to look elsewhere i think, this saga is dragging on to long. sign on or we are off, let his agent do a photo shoot at a few more grounds.
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blues1 added 14:24 - Jul 11 Stiffy501. Why would we look elsewhere when this is the player we want. And who we are still favourites to sign. Sure we have alternatives in mind should it not happen tho.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 14:32 - Jul 11 blues1: I can't pretend to understand anything about this saga, but I think you might be right. He is still on Hull's books as it stands, so it may be they just told him he was to be included in the Turkey trip. Maybe he didn't really have a choice. But there could be more sinister wheeling and dealing that I am unaware of.
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Lukeybluey added 14:32 - Jul 11 Like it or loath it we're shopping in a different market than what we've been used to....There's going to be competition for decent players, and the deal we're doing I would imagine would take a bit of time. It seems as though with some that if the deal isnt done immediately as soon as the headline arises we should just give up and move on... genuinely how some get on in life I havent the foggiest! If you just give up immediately... I'd much rather have a bit of patience and wait and buy decent players rather than revert back to buying players no one wants. At the end of the day it is competition to see who gets the player... In other news I hear Tony Dinning is free and can sign within the next 2 minutes?

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stiffy501 added 15:12 - Jul 11 Blues 1, if the lad realy wanted to come he would be here by now, not in Turkey, . Im sure there is a plan B in hand
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TimmyH added 15:31 - Jul 11 Jeez! carry on Philogene...
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BlueArrow added 18:43 - Jul 11 Can’t be bothered to even think about a song or chant so h jog on or jog but make the decision before I die
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Saxonblue74 added 19:36 - Jul 11 Lots of over thinking I reckon! He's gone to Turkey as he's a footballer and needs to train. His club is currently Hull so he's gone with his club. It's only around 5 weeks until KO so he can't lose valuable time. He's probably done his bit regarding the transfer and it's down to legalities and his Mr 10% trying to squeeze a little harder.
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dieselmorris added 19:49 - Jul 11 looking at this logically i think hull are after us to pay the difference that they have to pay villa.so they get there 17/18 million and we end up paying around 22 million, i think this probably what is holding this up.
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ArnieM added 20:45 - Jul 11 Well they can piss right off. They are trying do Villa out of done money that was part of the contract terms. This is Hull City’s ness they can bloody stump up, not us!
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bluebullet29l added 22:29 - Jul 11 It's boring now...really couldn't give two sh#ts what he does...town need to move on....the season is getting closer.
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