Sergej Jakirovic has confirmed his 25-man Hull City squad for the Premier League, with five players failing to make the final selection.
Jakirovic faced a difficult task in trimming his squad to comply with Premier League registration rules, and the arrival of six players on deadline day only made that challenge more complicated.
The late additions of Robinio Vaz and Christos Mouzakitis have helped ease the situation slightly, with both players young enough to avoid requiring registration. Summer signings Lucas Herrington and Jens Hjerto-Dahl are also exempt due to their age, with both still under 21.
Even so, the Tigers remain well stocked with players, meaning five members of Jakirovic’s current squad have ultimately missed out.
Interestingly, Abdulkadir Omur has been included despite interest in the attacking midfielder from Türkiye. Omur has spent the past season and a half away from the MKM Stadium on loan, but his inclusion in the registered squad suggests Jakirovic wants him to remain part of his plans.
Kieran Dowell, however, has not been included after finding it difficult to establish himself since arriving from Rangers in January. The midfielder was offered to Championship clubs towards the end of the transfer window, but no domestic move could be completed.
David Akintola has also been omitted, which comes as little surprise, while new arrival Oscar Zambrano has failed to make the 25-man group, leaving the Ecuadorian outside the registered squad.
Darko Gyabi and Eliot Matazo have also missed out, although both players are currently sidelined through injury. Matazo, in particular, is expected to be absent for a significant portion of the campaign.
Speaking during his press conference on Thursday afternoon, Jakirovic explained that the club would do all they could to secure moves for the players left out of his squad, with several transfer windows across Europe still remaining open.
However, should suitable moves fail to materialise, those players could be left on the sidelines until at least January, when the transfer market opens again.
Hull City’s full 25-man squad (*Home grown)
Ajayi, Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo*
Ansah, Ilyas
Belloumi, Mohamed Elbachir
Butland, Jack*
Cho, Mohamed-Ali*
Coyle, Lewie Jacob*
Crooks, Matt Davidson Rider*
Egan, John Patrick*
Gelhardt, Joseph Paul*
Giles, Ryan John*
Gourna-Douath, Lucas Dobe Nicolas Lucien
Hughes, Charles Roger*
Iroegbunam, Timothy Emeka*
McBurnie, Oliver Robert*
McNair, Patrick James Coleman*
Mendy, Nobel
Morita, Hidemasa
Norton-Cuffy, Brooke Dion Nelson*
Omur, Abdulkadir
Phillips, Dillon*
Slater, Regan Newman*
Stroud, Elliot Karl
Targett, Matthew Robert*
Thomas, Benjamin Sorba William*
Tzolakis, Konstantinos
U21 players (Contract and Scholars; *Home grown)
Akinniranye, Oluwatadese George Omogbolahan
Ashbee, Stanley Luca*
Bray, Alfie Farrell Morrow
Carter, Ramell Lee McKenzie (Loan)
Cawte, Alfie
Crawford, Jude Samuel
Creaser, Jamie Micheal Graham
Daley, Damari Anthony*
Debayo, James Boluwatife* (Loan)
Devine, Edward James
Dunn, Reuben Frank
Edey, Alexander*
Gode, Ted Alban Jefferson
Gomeniuk, Aleksandr Pavlovich
Goodman, George Christopher
Herrington, Lucas
Hjerto-Dahl, Jens
Howard, Archie George
Jagielka, Zac Alexander
Jones, Tyler James
Kaggwa, Jonathan
Leach, Charlie Anthony
Lizardos, Alfie William
Maskell, Alfie
Matique, Albert Miguel Tafara
McCarthy, Cathal (Loan)
Moore, Bobby-Dean
Morfitt, Joel Paul
Ofuyaekpone-Shombe, Khiani Hrukti Toju
Okike, Calvin Lorenzo Chikezie
Okot Ocaya, Joshua Aaron Mbabazi
Parker, Hugh William (Loan)
Reynolds, Kerr Charles
Robinson, Ben Alexander
Robinson, Dellan Jeremiah
Russell, James Lewis
Sarpong, Emmanuel Boateng
Sellars-Fleming, Tyrell (Loan)
Silk, Reuben David Michael
Tinsdale, Nathan Scott* (Loan)
Umoren, Ekemini-Abasi Zackary Jayden Edet
Vaz, Robinio
Walker, Coist Daniel (Loan)