Hull City hope Tim Walter can bring them an 'edgier' style of football as they close in on a deal to bring their number one managerial target to East Yorkshire.
The 48-year-old is known to have had talks with chairman/owner Acun Ilicali at least twice last week with the Championship club not hiding their interest in the out-of-work German. Liam Rosenior was sacked at the end of a season which, despite heavy investment, saw Hull fall one place and three points short of their target of the play-offs.
' Former Bayern Munich II, Stuttgart and Hamburg coach Walter is renowned for getting the ball forward quickly, and fluid formations which often encourage a central defender to join the midfield when his team has the ball. 'We always say we are looking for unique coaches with unpredictability, being able to take risks and create our own culture and identity,' vice-chairman Tan Kesler admitted recently. 'Tim is one of the names that is on the list of strong candidates.
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