Hull City transfer talk: UEFA rules, a 'newer' kit and Assombalonga goes for a bomb

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HDM Sport on Facebook Hull City's first venture into Europe has been hindered by their lack of 'home-grown' players and manager Steve Bruce will have some tough decisions to make if they beat AS Trencin at the KC tonight. Due to UEFA rules, City's 25-man squad had to include eight players that have trained in England for three years or more and half of those (four) must be club trained for three consecutive years when aged between 15 and 21. Unfortunately, the Tigers don't comply with that because of the lack of stars who have come through the ranks in recent years so Bruce is restricted to a 21-man squad in Europe this season. Whilst changes are permitted to Bruce's squad if they advance tonight and eventually reach the group stage, he will still be restricted to select from just 21 players. So far, that means Maynor Figueroa has been left out as he has been granted extra time off following his World Cup duties for Honduras. But with Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire now on board, Bruce may have to leave them out if City do advance.Assombalonga commands big bucks Peterborough striker Britt Assombalonga had been linked with a move to the Tigers back in April, but he has now flown the nest for a whopping fee which could rise to £8m. And he has headed to Nottingham Forest for an initial fee of £5m which could rise depending on numerous clauses. Forest fans will surely hope the signing can end the turmoil between boss Stuart Pearce and owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi after their recent war of words regarding transfers.City's new kit gets some tailoring Hull City's new kit may only have gone on sale yesterday, but some fans have already been having some 'tailoring' done to it. With some fans opposed to the club's new logo, one has taken it upon himself to alter the new kit and add the previous one. Whether you're in favour of the new badge or not, you'd have to say Trev Holmes has done a pretty good job.

Allam can try to take Hull City from the shirt but he will never take it from the fans, #hcafcpic.twitter.com/y6akvNEJQ1

— Trev Holmes (@TrevHCAFC) August 6, 2014

Is Livermore worth £8m? It's been a summer where big transfer fees have again been laid out by the Premier League big guns, with fans up and down the country asking if their side has achieved value for money. City's capture of Jake Livermore from Tottenham for a club-record £8m fee certainly caught the eye and according to Martin Laurence from whoscored.com he thinks he is overpriced. Whilst admitting that the midfielder was "solid and dependable" last season, he has today written that the fee has been inflated because of the fact Livermore is English. "It seems £8m can only really get you a 'decent' English player nowadays," he added on teamtalk.com. Tell us something we don't know, Martin! The market has been overpriced for years.