Egan Not in Town's Sights
Sunday, 1st Feb 2026 14:45

Hull City central defender John Egan is not in Town’s sights ahead of Monday’s 7pm transfer deadline, we understand.

Widespread reports this morning linked the Blues and West Ham United with the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland international with Tigers boss Sergej Jakirovic stating his hope that the former Sheffield United and Burnley man would remain at the MKM Stadium.

However, Town have not made an enquiry regarding Egan and are not looking to add him to their squad.

 It had been believed that Egan was viewed as a potential addition earlier in the window if youngster Elkan Baggott were to move out on loan.

But, as reported on Friday, manager Kieran McKenna now expects the Indonesia international to remain at Portman Road for the second half of the season and no approach was made for the Hull defender.

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Gforce added 14:56 - Feb 1 Surprise Surprise ! Roll on this time tomorrow,when we can hopefully all cheer up a bit ,when that new striker walks through the door ! Fingers crossed .
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Linkboy13 added 15:07 - Feb 1 Surely this is just a rumour another average championship player that wouldn't improve our team or squad.
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RetroBlue added 15:38 - Feb 1 I should bloody hope not. We NEED a STRIKER!
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johnwarksshorts added 16:06 - Feb 1 Angyemang?
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pablo123 added 16:09 - Feb 1 What about a bloody striker for god sake
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bluesince76 added 16:24 - Feb 1 We need 2 new strikers because the ones we have dont no where the goal is without philogene and clarke how many goals would we have
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HopefulBlue69 added 16:45 - Feb 1

Can't believe that through all the transfer window we haven't managed to temp a decent striker to PR... I hope during the rest of the season and summer that we invest heavily in our scouting and recruiting team... Almost all our fans can see we need someone to put the ball in the net up front... Yes we score plenty of goals from other positions but we've lost games regularly through the season due to missed opportunities. We create loads but miss most of them...

bluesissy added 17:15 - Feb 1 One of the most stupid transfer rumours this season
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Stato added 17:19 - Feb 1

What we don't need is yet another panic buy who is obviously no better than what we already have. Ashton assured us this would happen and although Mehmeti has is trying hard so are all the other fowards with few goals opr assists between the majority of them. Then we were told that Neil would feaure against Preston on for Taylor to get the nod in front of him. These both look like squad players not first choices for the starting 11. If we can only attract another underwhelming number 9 then why not put Sindre in at 9 and leave Burns, Mehmeti and McAteer to fight it out for the roght sided slot.

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Gforce added 17:30 - Feb 1 Stato......I think you find that Neil will be 1st choice alongside Matusiwa, once he's got himself match fit.
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armchaircritic59 added 17:59 - Feb 1 Can't even believe we'd need him unless EB went somewhere, and it appears to have made clear he isn't. Another nonsense, non story. As for a striker, I've said my piece in here a few times. Not saying anything more until either one comes through the door, or it reaches 7pm tomorrow night without one.
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eirannach_gorm added 17:59 - Feb 1 Pope Leo is also not in towns sights.
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Stato added 19:56 - Feb 1

@GForce I'm sure you're right but are we really saying he wasn't fit enough for 20 mins yesterday. No dount Neil is better than Taylor or Cajuste but after McKenna said he would be involved against Preston he then wasn't and although the optics on that at the final whistle just aren't great especially as McKenna has a horrible record of not winning games where we go behind. It points to more muddled McKenna thinking in the same way as only having one formation could suggest a lack of understanding on when and how to change tactics. He is far from the finished article and it's right he is scrutinised on here by a small but growing minority. Hopefully the Jan additions will help us seal promotion and our journey with McKenna will continue

littlestoneblue added 21:06 - Feb 1 Why haven't we gone in hard for Piro from Leeds? He's not getting game time and would be ideal even if it's only on loan.
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