NICK Proschwitz has no wish to engineer a move away from Hull City this summer, despite enduring a difficult first season with the Tigers.
The German striker, signed for £2.6m from SC Paderborn last July, failed to live up to expectations during his debut campaign in English football.
Although five league starts were supplemented by 22 substitute appearances, a final tally of three goals in the Championship was a disappointing return on City's heavy investment in Proschwitz.
The shortcomings of City's attacking line last term make new additions a priority this summer and, following on from promotion to the Premier League, a host of strikers have already been linked with moves to the KC Stadium.
West Brom outcast Peter Odemwingie, Charlie Austin of Burnley and Blackburn's Jordan Rhodes are just three reported to be on Steve Bruce's radar.
The inevitable arrival of new attacking blood promises to further harm Proschwitz's chances of regular first-team football but, with a further two years to run on his Tigers' deal, he is keen to stick around for the Premier League adventure.
Proschwitz's agent Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten said: "Nick enjoys England very much. He is happy with his contract with Hull and wants to play in the Premier League.
"That was his target when he moved to England and now that has happened.
"It has always been his ambition to play in the Premier League and he wants to play there with Hull.
"It was not an easy first year but it was a new culture and a new way to play.
"He has learned a lot about the English game and very much wants to stay."
Although fleeting, there were moments of quality during Proschwitz's first season.
As well as a dramatic brace that inspired a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town at the KC Stadium in October, he won the club's Goal of the Season prize for a superb strike in the FA Cup third round replay at Leyton Orient.
A 2-2 draw against Cardiff City on the final day of the season was not without incident, either.
Although he came off the bench to score the equaliser that initially stoked the Tigers' fight-back, Proschwitz missed a stoppage time penalty that paved the way for Cardiff to snatch a stomach-churning leveller.
Only Watford's loss at home to Leeds ensured the damage was minimal.
With Jay Simpson and Mark Cullen released, Gedo returning to parent club Al-Ahly and Aaron Mclean available for transfer, City's attacking options have been stripped back since promotion was secured at the start of the month.
It leaves only Sone Aluko, Matty Fryatt and Proschwitz as recognised attacking options for 2013-14, though loan signing George Boyd will join the party when completing a free transfer from Peterborough next month.
Boyd missed out on an international swansong to his season yesterday when left out of Gordon Strachan's 28-man Scotland squad to face Croatia next month.
Strachan cited Boyd's imminent wedding as the reason for his omission.
