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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churchmans added 08:08 - Jul 12 Make no mistake philogene would be an absolute great signing! We should do all we can to get him
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ImAbeliever added 08:56 - Jul 12 The silence is deafening. Is there anyone there?
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brittaniaman added 09:31 - Jul 12 AT the moment all we have got on Board from last seasons Squad is Ben Johnson ? We know that there is a lot of Speculation going about. Bit we know we have still got time it is surprising how quick that time goes, Patience is virtue and I am sure it will come good for us.
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RoscoePColtrane added 10:06 - Jul 12 I’m not sure that all Hull fans will miss him. One said, when I said he’d be likely just to warm Villa’s bench, “He’ll be warming your bench as well after 10 games watching him faffing around losing the ball and with no end product, then sulking when things don’t go his way. Enjoy!” Personally, I don’t mind which way this goes (provided we get a proper keeper to replace Vas). In KMc we trust, of course, and if he’s seen something in Billy Jean that I haven’t, then I’m not going to question it.

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dirtydingusmagee added 15:02 - Jul 12 I still think this one wont happen i think its had too many sticking points , we seem to be ok with Greaves and Delap , seen report of us interested in another foreign player.Its been a long wèek.
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