The club will be losing a number of forwards at the end of the season, with contracts and loan deals expiring.
Strikers Aaron Connolly and Billy Sharp have their deals running out at the end of June, with no reports of them signing an extension at the MKM Stadium.
This is in addition to the loans of attacking players like Liam Delap and Fabio Carvalho running out in the summer, with the latter’s future surely lying in the top-flight.
Their impressive performances will have given their parent clubs food for thought, and they could be either given chances in the first team at Manchester City or Liverpool, respectively, or sold for a hefty fee.
After an amazing seventh-place finish in the Championship, the club is in severe need of firepower, and they should seek one Scottish Premier League player for a summer transfer.
Hull would be the ideal destination for Shankland
Shankland would be a perfect replacement for the club’s current strike force given his performances from the previous season and the state of Hull’s attacking line.
With 21 goals in the league, he is four goals clear of his closest competitor in the SPL scoring charts. The striker scored 0.62 goals for the Scottish team every 90 minutes, with five assists also. This season, he has scored more goals than any other Hull player, with Jaden Philogene leading the team with 12 league goals.
Connolly and Delap, the current strikers, combined for 16 goals and only two assists. Shankland can replace both men at the MKM Stadium with his productivity if he can maintain his form from Hearts.
Fotmob claims that Shankland has impressed with more than just his goal-scoring prowess. He demonstrated his level of involvement in the game by having more effective passes than any other striker in the league. He is not only a forward who will stand up front and wait for the ball to be passed to him, as seen by his long balls, chances created, and touches, which rank among the best in the league.Shankland’s task will be to translate these encouraging figures into a level of competition similar to
Shankland is most likely to be the key man up front and receive regular playing time at Hull. With forwards at other clubs, like Southampton, who will be above him in the pecking order, this should be the best approach to get him on the scoreboard.
But one aspect of the transaction to be aware of is Hull’s current managerial state. In spite of finishing in seventh place in the table, manager Liam Rosenior was just fired. Even though Shankland has scored a lot of goals this season, it’s unclear if the club will continue to play the style they want to under the new management.A managerless team may also have trouble acquiring players early in the transfer window. Backstage changes could provide other
But with Shankland being connected to so many teams, one thing is for sure: Hull will probably need to act quickly to get the Scot’s signature.
