Our daily blog with the latest news, transfer rumours and gossip about Hull City in the Premier League.Irish ace McGeady linked with City
After a goal-shy weekend for the Tigers, it will come as no surprise that another striker has been linked with a move to the KC Stadium.FourFourTwo are reporting that Spartak Moscow will listen to offers in January for Republic of Ireland international Aiden McGeady as the winger eyes a move to England.
The 27-year-old moved to the Russian capital in a reported £9 million deal in August 2010, becoming the most expensive export from the Scottish top flight in the process.
His Spartak contract expires at the end of the current season, and McGeady has previously expressed a desire to move back to British shores. He has also set alarm bells ringing after refusing a contract extension.
Aston Villa and Everton are also thought to be interested, and the Russian club have confirmed they will allow McGeady a move, should they receive an acceptable offer when the window re-opens.
"Over the winter, if we get an offer which suits Spartak, then McGeady will go," said Spartak's sporting director Roman Askhabadze.
"But if a suitable offer does not come in, he will be with us until the end of his contract."
McGeady would feel quite at home in Hull, with five other ROI players in the team, including David Meyler, Robbie Brady and Paul McShane.Tigers keen on Kone
Meanwhile, our French neighbours are reporting that the Tigers are on the trail of Lorient centre-half Lamine Kone.
Kone, who has made 70 appearances for Lorient since arriving in 2010, only penned a three-year extension to his contract at the Britanny club during the summer, with his current deal running until 2017.
But the interest has continued in the 24-year-old, who left the door open to moving to either the Premier League or La Liga during the summer, despite signing a new deal.
Sunderland and West Ham are also amongst the clubs who have been watching Kone in action for the French top-flight side ahead of the January transfer window.
Kone played the full 90 minutes in his side's 2-1 win over AC Ajaccio on Saturday.
"It was not impossible for me to leave this summer, even though there has not been any concrete proposals," the former France Under-20 international said in August.
"I extended for three years, but if there is a good offer, Lorient will not say 'no'."Have the #NoToHullTigers protests helped City's home form?The Independent have suggested that some protests don't hurt the team after City fans' #NoToHullTigers campaign rumbles on.
In their 'Five things we learnt this weekend' column, the paper say: "The instinctive reaction of any owner whose fans protest against the club is that it will damage the team.
"The demonstrations against Assem Allam's determination to call the club Hull Tigers may have generated unpleasantness and made Steve Bruce realise what it must be like to be a diplomat in North Korea.
"However, it has not damaged Hull's home form.
"Since the protests began, they have won two and drawn one of their four home matches.
"Ken Bates, for once, got it right when he said his only objections to the 'Bates Out' banners was that they obscured 'valuable advertising boards at Stamford Bridge'."Is Ole Gunnar be in at West Brom?
Another coach casualty over the weekend in the Premier League, and this time it was at the Hawthorns as Steve Clarke was sacked as West Brom manager.
The board decided enough was enough after the 1-0 defeat at Cardiff on Saturday, and the Tigers are next up for the Baggies.
But several newspapers including the Daily Express and the Daily Star, the Baggies are targeting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Clarke's replacement.
Manchester United legend Solskjaer has put the offer of a new three-year contract at current Norwegian club, Molde, on hold while he decides on his next career move.
Other names in the frame include Roberto Di Matteo, Martin Jol and former United #2 Mike Phelan.
A change in manager can lift the player's spirits, but City will hope that won't happen at the weekend.
