There is good news for fans of Hull City, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Sheffield United and Wednesday next season – the Championship is going to get easier.
That, at least, is the view of Hull owner/chairman Acun Ilicali. Whether you agree with him or not, all five White Rose clubs should have realistic hopes of being in promotion picture if they can have a good summer in the transfer market, which officially opens on Friday. Hull and Middlesbrough narrowly missed the play-offs as the former ran out of inspiration, the latter time.
'But the three teams who came down , Leeds United had so many years in the Premier League, Leicester City former champions and Southampton – those three budgets were so crazy we knew it was not possible to pass their budgets.' Such matters are a concern to Ilicali – frustrated he can only pump '£14m or £15m' of his own money into the Tigers this summer because of financial fair play regulations – and every other club not lucky enough to receive a parachute payment.
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